Introduction to the Handbook of Primate Behavioral Management

TY - CHAP

T1 - Introduction to the Handbook of Primate Behavioral Management

AU - Schapiro, Steve

PY - 2017/1/1

Y1 - 2017/1/1

N2 - Welcome to the Handbook of Primate Behavioral Management (HPBM). This handbook contains 29 chapters divided into six parts, all of which focus on aspects of primate behavioral management. The overall goal of the HPBM is to provide those responsible for the development and/or implementation of behavioral management programs for nonhuman primates (NHPs) with a plethora of information, guidance, and data that will allow them to do everything within their power to guarantee that their animals are living in the best conditions possible. A more specific goal involves the presentation of the science of behavioral management, so that behavioral managers can base their decisions on relevant empirical evidence. If the data show that the subadult male offspring of high-ranking females cause social instability in large groups of rhesus macaques living in field cages (McCowan and Beisner 2017), then this information should be acted upon to prevent instability in large rhesus groups.

AB - Welcome to the Handbook of Primate Behavioral Management (HPBM). This handbook contains 29 chapters divided into six parts, all of which focus on aspects of primate behavioral management. The overall goal of the HPBM is to provide those responsible for the development and/or implementation of behavioral management programs for nonhuman primates (NHPs) with a plethora of information, guidance, and data that will allow them to do everything within their power to guarantee that their animals are living in the best conditions possible. A more specific goal involves the presentation of the science of behavioral management, so that behavioral managers can base their decisions on relevant empirical evidence. If the data show that the subadult male offspring of high-ranking females cause social instability in large groups of rhesus macaques living in field cages (McCowan and Beisner 2017), then this information should be acted upon to prevent instability in large rhesus groups.

UR - https://www.crcpress.com/Handbook-of-Primate-Behavioral-Management/Schapiro/p/book/9781498731959

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 9781498731959

SP - 3

EP - 8

BT - Handbook of Primate Behavioral Management

A2 - Steven J., Schapiro

PB - CRC Press

CY - Boca Raton

ER -