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Proceedings of the 5th International Lion-tailed Macaque Symposium: 11th - 13th January 1999, Mysore, India

The Fifth International Symposium on lion-tailed macaque was held on January 11-13, 1999 at the University of Mysore, Mysore, India. The main theme of the Symposium was to initiate issue based collaborative research between scientists working on free-ranging and captive lion-tailed macaques. Besides scientists from USA, Germany, Austria and Australia, a large number of researchers, wildlife officials and zoo managers from India participated in the Symposium.

Thanks are due to the University of Mysore, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, the Forest Departments of the Indian states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and various scientists for their cooperation and involvement in this endeavor. Thanks are also due to the German Primate Center for providing two full issues of primate Report for the publication of this material.

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Foreword - (5th International lion-tailed macaqe Symposium)

Status and conservation of lion-tailed macaque and other arboreal mammals in tropical rain forests of Sringeri Forest Range, Western Ghats, Karnataka, India.

Singh, M., Kumara, H. N., Kumar, M. A., Sharma, A. K. and DeFalco, K.

Habitat utilization of lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) in Silent Valley National Park, Kerala India.

Ramachandran, K. K. and Joseph, G. K.

Phyto-ecology of the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) habitats in Karnataka, India: floristic structure and density of food trees.

Krishnamani, R. and Kumar, A.

Faunal component in the diet of lion-tailed macaque.

Kumara, H. N., Singh, M. E., Sharma, A. K., Singh, M. R. and Kumar, M. A.

Impacts of the habitat fragmentation on time budget and feeding ecology of lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) in rain forest fragments of Anamalai Hills, south India.

Umapathy, G. and Kumar, A.

Niche separation in sympatric lion-tailed macaque and Nilgiri langur.

Singh, M. R., Singh, M. E., Kumar, M. A., Kumara, H. N., Sharma, A. K. and Sushma, H. S.

Male Migration in Lion-Tailed Macaques.

Kumar, M. A.., Singh, M., Kumara, H. N., Sharma, A. K. and Bertsch, C.

Mounting pattern in the lion-tailed macaque: an analysis based on inter-mount intervals.

Kumar, A.

Measurement of faecal steroid metabolites in the lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus): a reliable tool for assessing female ovarian function.

M. Heistermann, M., Uhrigshardt, J., Husung, A., Kaumanns, W. and Hodges, J. K.

A long term decline in swelling of the sexual skin in captive lion-tailed macaques.

Harvey, N. C. and Lindburg, D. G.

A century of involvement with lion-tailed macaques in North America.

Lindburg, D. G.

The European lion-tailed macaque population: an overview.

Kaumanns, W., Schwitzer, C., Schmidt, P., Husung, A. and Knogge, C.

Experimental inter-group encounters in lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus).

Zinner, D., Hindahl, J. and Kaumanns, W.

All male group in captive lion-tailed macaques.

Stahl, D., Herman, F. and Kaumanns, W.