The Japanese Macaques

Intra-specific Variation: Overview of Field Research and Related Studies.- Research History of Japanese Macaques in Japan.- Morphological Characteristics, Growth, and Aging in Japanese Macaques.- Modes of Differentiation in Japanese Macaques: Perspectives from Population Genetics.- Intra-specific Variation: Ecology and Conservation.- Ecological Adaptations of Temperate Primates: Population Density of Japanese Macaques.- Regional, Temporal, and Interindividual Variation in the Feeding Ecology of Japanese Macaques.- Seed Dispersal by Japanese Macaques.- Conservation: Present Status of the Japanese Macaque Population and Its Habitat.- Intra-specific Variation: Behaviors and Social Relationships.- The Ecological Design of the Affiliative Vocal Communication Style in Wild Japanese Macaques: Behavioral Adjustments to Social Contexts and Environments.- Cultured Japanese Macaques: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Stone Handling Behavior and Its Implications for the Evolution of Behavioral Tradition in Nonhuman Primates.- Interaction Between Male and Female Mating Strategies and Factors Affecting Reproductive Outcome.- Lifetime Social Development in Female Japanese Macaques.- Intraspecific Differences in Social Structure of the Japanese Macaques: A Revival of Lost Legacy by Updated Knowledge and Perspective.- Recent Topics from Unique Approaches.- Topic 1: Behavior-Related Candidate Genes in Japanese Macaques.- Topic 2: Fatty Acid Content of the Plants Consumed by Japanese Macaques.- Topic 3: Toward Understanding the Role of Diet in Host-Parasite Interactions: The Case for Japanese Macaques.- Topic 4: Did a Habitat Bottleneck Exist in the Recent History of Japanese Macaques?.- Topic 5: Resolution of Human-Macaque Conflicts: Changing from Top-Down to Community-Based DamageManagement.- Topic 6: Social Object Play Among Juvenile Japanese Macaques.- Topic 7: Japanese Macaque Society as a Complex Adaptive System.- Color Plates.

From the reviews:"The scope of the current volume is broader, in terms of both topic and the study populations considered, and, for this reason, especially welcome as a source of reference for an English-language readership." (S. Peter Henzi, Primates, Vol. 52 (2), April, 2011)"This multi-authored volume was produced to commemorate the 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society that was held in Kyoto ... . a very dense book in terms of the amount of material covered in what is a relatively slim volume. ... the most comprehensive book ever published in English on Japanese macaques and I see no reason to doubt this. ... a book that should be in everyone's institution library and anyone interested in macaque biology should consider purchasing a copy ... ." (Bill Sellers, Primate Eye, June, 2012)

From the reviews:

"The scope of the current volume is broader, in terms of both topic and the study populations considered, and, for this reason, especially welcome as a source of reference for an English-language readership." (S. Peter Henzi, Primates, Vol. 52 (2), April, 2011)

"This multi-authored volume was produced to commemorate the 23rd Congress of the International Primatological Society that was held in Kyoto ... . a very dense book in terms of the amount of material covered in what is a relatively slim volume. ... the most comprehensive book ever published in English on Japanese macaques and I see no reason to doubt this. ... a book that should be in everyone's institution library and anyone interested in macaque biology should consider purchasing a copy ... ." (Bill Sellers, Primate Eye, June, 2012)