Leaping Ahead

• Part I.- Systematics and evolution.-1. What’s in a name? Higher level taxonomy of the prosimian primates.- 2. Species-level diversity among Malagasy lemurs.- 3. Strepsirhine divergence dates estimated from mitochondrial gene sequences, and the status of Daubentonia madagascariensis.- 4. Organismal biology, molecular systematics, and phylogenetic reconstruction.- 5. Is temporal plasticity in lemurs a strategy for dealing with unpredictable or predictable, seasonal environments?.- Part II. General ecology.- 6. Anthropoid analogues? Life history variation in Madagascar’s giant extinct lemurs.- 7. Population genetics, parasitism and long-term population dynamics of Microcebus murinus in littoral forest fragments of south-eastern Madagascar.- 8. Range shifts of mouse lemurs in south-eastern Madagascar: evidence from mitochondrial genetic data.- 9. Habitat use by the red slender loris (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) at Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve in Sri Lanka.- 10. Forest fragmentation imperils red slender lorises (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in south-western Sri Lanka.- 11. Head posture and visual orientation in Loris tardigradus during locomotion on oblique supports.- 12. Predation on two lemur species in Sahamalaza Peninsula, north-western Madagascar.- Part III. Behavioral ecology.- 13. Preliminary results on the behavioral ecology of the hairy-eared dwarf lemur (Allocebus trichotis) in Andasibe, eastern Madagascar.- 14. Venus in fur: female power in mouse lemurs Microcebus murinus and M. griseorufus.- 15. Group size, composition and stability in a wild population of blue-eyed black lemurs (Eulemur flavifrons) at Ankarafa, Sahamalaza National Park.- 16. Eviction and troop reconstruction in a single matriline of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta): what happened when “Grandmother” died?.- Part IV. Dietary ecology.- 17. Coprolites associated with Archaeolemur remains in north-western Madagascar suggest dietary diversity and cave use in a subfossilprosimian.- 18. The dental ecology of ring-tailed lemurs.- 19. Exudates and animal prey characterize slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus, N. coucang, N. javanicus) diet in captivity and after release into the wild.- 20. Isotopic variability and lemur diet in a dry Madagascan forest: a cautionary tale.- Part V. Physiological ecology.- 21. Variable energetic strategies in disturbed and undisturbed rain forests: Eulemur rubriventer fecal cortisol levels in south-eastern Madagascar.- 22. Photoperiod-related changes of thermoregulatory capacities in adult mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus).- 23. Spoilt for choice: selection of hibernacula by Cheirogaleus medius.- 24. Seasonality and energy strategies in co-existing mouse lemurs (Microcebus berthae and M. murinus).- Part VI. Sensory ecology, communication and cognition.- 25. The ecology of touch: are prosimians special?.- 26. The importance of olfaction for predator detection in spectral tarsiers.- 27. Ecological factors in the size of olfactory structure in perinatal strepsirrhines.- 28. The sensory ecology of foraging for animal prey.- 29. Evolution of auditory sensitivity among strepsirhine primates.- 30. Vocalizations of red slender lorises (Loris tardigradus tardigradus) in Masmullah Proposed Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka.- 31. Variation in prosimian infant isolation calls and its evolutionary implications.- 32. Primate serenades: call variation, species diversity and adaptation in nocturnal strepsirhines.- 33. Noises in the dark: vocal communication in nocturnal pair-living primates.- 34. The use of Artificial Neural Networks in studying lemur vocal communication.- 35. A quantitative description of the vocal types emitted in the indri's song.- 36. What can virtual vocal tracts tell us about lemur communication?.- 37. Cognitive capacities of captive gray mouse lemurs as evidenced by object manipulation.- Part VII. Conservation of prosimian.- 38. Status, distribution and conservation of slender lorises in India.- 39. BerentyReserve: past, present and future.- 40. Berenty Reserve: interactions among the diurnal lemur species in the gallery forest.- 41. Why do some ring-tailed lemurs feeding on Leucaena not suffer from alopecia syndrome?.- 42. The impact of alopecia syndrome on female reproductive parameters in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.- 43. Conservation of prosimians in Madagascar: a view from the great red island.

From the reviews: "The book is well edited and informative, and addresses theoretical issues actively being explored by prosimian biologists today. ... this book is overall an interesting volume of conference proceedings - helpful for students, lecturers, laboratory and field researchers, and for those who seek a specific reference or a first overview of a certain topic." (E. Johanna Rode, Folia Primatologica, Vol. 85 (1), 2014) "This book presents current knowledge and perspectives on the future relating to various domains of prosimian biology in the form of short and readable chapters. ... This volume will benefit not only prosimian biologists but also all primatologists, researchers focused on small mammals, and conservation biologists. The studies in this book provide the fundamentals for the next decade of prosimian biology." (Hiroki Sato, Primates, December, 2013)