Understanding primate communities: recent developments and future directions.

摘要: In 1999, the edited volume Primate Communities presented several studies that examined broad-scale patterns of primate diversity.1 Similar were being conducted on nonprimate taxa; advances in data availability and statistical approaches allowing scientists to investigate a variety new questions reexamine classical novel ways. While such taxa have continued at steady pace, they only crept forward for species (Fig. 1). intervening time, field macroecology (Box 1) rapidly developed has resulted books[2-4] establishment research institutes. We suggest examining communities, especially macroecological context, is an important line our embrace area where biological anthropologists can provide major contributions. review current state research, describe datasets tools, future directions.