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Thomas Geissmann, Gibbon Research Lab., Zürich
thomas.geissmann@aim.unzh.ch

July 2009

Lappan, S., and Whittacker, D. (Eds.). (2009). The gibbons: New perspectives on small ape socioecology and population biology, Springer, New York and London, xviii+523 pp. ISBN 978-0-387-88603-9 List price: $134.00 Publication date: 26 June 2009 Description: This volume consists of an edited compilation of papers describing recent research on the socioecology, population biology, and conservation status of the small apes. Iit will serve as a reference resource for researchers and students interested in the small apes specifically, as well as researchers interested in the gibbon perspective on a number of theoretical issues in primatology (e.g. mating systems, feeding ecology, biogeography, and conservation biology). As the volume includes research results from a diversity of small ape taxa, it will be useful for researchers interested in the diversity of adaptations displayed within the gibbon radiation, as well as those interested in specific taxa, and will be usable both as a compilation of individual articles and as a single document outlining the current state of research on wild gibbon populations.

Contents: PART I -- INTRODUCTION. The diversity of small apes and the importance of population-level studies Danielle J. Whittaker and Susan Lappan PART II -- BIOGEOGRAPHY. Evolutionary relationships among the gibbons: A biogeographic perspective Helen J. Chatterjee Genetic differentiation of agile gibbons between Sumatra and Kalimantan in Indonesia Hirohisa Hirai, ... [et al.] Vocal diversity of Kloss's gibbons (Hylobates klossii) in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia Sally A. Keith, Melissa S. Waller, and Thomas Geissmann Phylogeography of Kloss's gibbon (Hylobates klossii) populations and implications for conservation planning in the Mentawai Islands Danielle J. Whittaker Individual and geographical variability in the songs of wild silvery gibbons (Hylobates moloch) on Java, Indonesia Robert Dallmann and Thomas Geissmann The fossil record of gibbons Nina G. Jablonski and George Chaplin PART III -- DIET AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY. Hylobatid diets revisited: The importance of body mass, fruit availability, and interspecific competition Alice A. Elder Competition and niche overlap between gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) and other frugivorous vertebrates in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia Andrew J. Marshall, Charles H. Cannon, and Mark Leighton The seed dispersal niche of gibbons in Bornean dipterocarp forests Kim R. McConkey PART IV -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. Ecology and the social system of gibbons Warren Y. Brockelman The ecology and evolution of hylobatid communities: Causal and contextual factors underlying inter- and intraspecific variation Nicholas Malone and Agustin Fuentes Seasonal home range use and defendability in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand Thad Q. Bartlett PART V -- MATING SYSTEMS AND REPRODUCTION. Monogamy in mammals : expanding the perspective on hylobatid mating systems Luca Morino Monitoring female reproductive status in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) using fecal hormone analysis and patterns of genital skin swellings Claudia Barelli and Michael Heistermann Patterns of infant care in wild siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) in southern Sumatra Susan Lappan The social organization and mating system of Khao Yai white-handed gibbons: 1992-2006 Ulrich H. Reichard PART VI -- CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. Status and conservation of yellow-cheeked crested gibbons (Nomascus gabriellae) in the Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia Benjamin Miles Rawson, Tom Clements, and Nut Meng Hor The distribution and abundance of hoolock gibbons in India Jayanta Das, ... [et al.] Census of eastern hoolock gibbons (Hoolock leuconedys) in Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary, Sagaing Division, Myanmar Warren Y. Brockelman, ... [et al.] The population distribution and abundance of siamangs (Symphalangus syndactylus) and agile gibbons (Hylobates agilis) in West Central Sumatra, Indonesia Achmad Yanuar Canopy bridges: An effective conservation tactic for supporting gibbon populations in forest fragments Jayanta Das, ... [et al.] The role of reintroduction in gibbon conservation: Opportunities and challenges Susan M. Cheyne Saving the small apes: Conservation assessment of gibbon species at the 2006 Asian Primate Red List Workshop Danielle J. Whittaker