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• catalog abstract "In this book, Stuart A. Altmann presents the results of one of the most intensive investigations ever carried out on foraging behavior and its consequences for survival and reproduction. Basing his study on field observations of eleven yearling baboons, Altmann includes detailed data on what types of food and how much each baboon ate, as well as chemical analyses of these foods to identify differences in nutrient intake. He then statistically compares these actual data with ideal figures determined by a general model of optimal diets. Baboons have extraordinarily broad diets, even by primate standards. By one year of age they already consume more than two hundred different foods. Yet they are extremely selective about what part of each food they eat, and this keen selectivity adapts them to their savannah habitat. Perhaps the most striking result of Altmann's study is that the baboons' subsequent survival and reproductive success could be accurately predicted from what they had eaten as yearlings. Those that had energy intakes closest to the optimum and protein intakes farthest above their requirements were most likely to survive to adulthood and produce offspring that survived. The result of decades of research, Foraging for Survival will be an essential reference for primatologists, behavioral ecologists, mammalogists, and nutritionists.".
• catalog contributor b10943291.
• catalog created "1998.".
• catalog date "1998".
• catalog date "1998.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
• catalog description "1. Introduction -- 2. Eclectic Omnivory -- 3. Methods -- 4. Dietary Diversity -- 5. Adequate and Optimal Diets -- 6. Real versus Ideal Diets -- 7. Individual Differences and Age Changes -- 8. From Food to Fitness -- 9. Why Be Choosy? -- 10. How to Be an Eclectic Omnivore -- App. 1. Primate Nutrient Requirements and Toxin Limits -- App. 2. Alternative Definitions of Feeding Bouts -- App. 3. Survival Analysis of Bout Lengths -- App. 4. Observational Censoring of Feeding Bouts -- App. 5. Composition of Foods -- App. 6. Maximizing Rates / Michael A. Altmann -- App. 7. Procedure for Maximizing Rates -- App. 8. Seasonal Adjustments -- App. 9. Estimation of Individual Milk Intakes.".
• catalog description "Baboons have extraordinarily broad diets, even by primate standards. By one year of age they already consume more than two hundred different foods. Yet they are extremely selective about what part of each food they eat, and this keen selectivity adapts them to their savannah habitat. Perhaps the most striking result of Altmann's study is that the baboons' subsequent survival and reproductive success could be accurately predicted from what they had eaten as yearlings. Those that had energy intakes closest to the optimum and protein intakes farthest above their requirements were most likely to survive to adulthood and produce offspring that survived.".
• catalog description "In this book, Stuart A. Altmann presents the results of one of the most intensive investigations ever carried out on foraging behavior and its consequences for survival and reproduction. Basing his study on field observations of eleven yearling baboons, Altmann includes detailed data on what types of food and how much each baboon ate, as well as chemical analyses of these foods to identify differences in nutrient intake. He then statistically compares these actual data with ideal figures determined by a general model of optimal diets.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-585) and index.".
• catalog description "The result of decades of research, Foraging for Survival will be an essential reference for primatologists, behavioral ecologists, mammalogists, and nutritionists.".
• catalog extent "xii, 608 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0226015955 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0226015963 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog issued "1998".
• catalog issued "1998.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
• catalog spatial "Kenya Amboseli National Park".
• catalog spatial "Kenya Amboseli National Park.".
• catalog subject "599.8/65153 21".
• catalog subject "Baboons Food Kenya Amboseli National Park.".
• catalog subject "Baboons Kenya Amboseli National Park Nutrition.".
• catalog subject "Baboons Nutrition Kenya Amboseli National Park.".
• catalog subject "QL737.P93 A58 1998".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction -- 2. Eclectic Omnivory -- 3. Methods -- 4. Dietary Diversity -- 5. Adequate and Optimal Diets -- 6. Real versus Ideal Diets -- 7. Individual Differences and Age Changes -- 8. From Food to Fitness -- 9. Why Be Choosy? -- 10. How to Be an Eclectic Omnivore -- App. 1. Primate Nutrient Requirements and Toxin Limits -- App. 2. Alternative Definitions of Feeding Bouts -- App. 3. Survival Analysis of Bout Lengths -- App. 4. Observational Censoring of Feeding Bouts -- App. 5. Composition of Foods -- App. 6. Maximizing Rates / Michael A. Altmann -- App. 7. Procedure for Maximizing Rates -- App. 8. Seasonal Adjustments -- App. 9. Estimation of Individual Milk Intakes.".
• catalog title "Foraging for survival : yearling baboons in Africa / Stuart A. Altmann.".
• catalog type "text".