Animal Domestication and Behavior.
Title:
Animal Domestication and Behavior.
Author:
Price, E.O.
ISBN:
9780851997728
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (307 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Why Study Domestication? -- Chapter 2 Domestication Defined -- Chapter 3 Approaches to the Study of Domestication -- Chapter 4 Pre-adaptations for Domestication -- Chapter 5 Inbreeding -- Chapter 6 Genetic Drift -- Chapter 7 Artificial Selection -- Chapter 8 Natural Selection in Captivity -- Chapter 9 Relaxation of Natural Selection -- Chapter 10 Genetic Variability and Behavior -- Chapter 11 Morphological and Physiological Traits -- Chapter 12 Feeding and Drinking -- Chapter 13 Predation, Infectious Diseases and Parasites -- Chapter 14 Interactions with Humans -- Chapter 15 Social Environment -- Chapter 16 Climate and Shelter -- Chapter 17 Use of Space -- Chapter 18 Behavioral Development in Captive Animals -- Chapter 19 Reintroductions and Feralization -- Chapter 20 Welfare and Ethics -- References -- Subject Index -- Species Index.
Abstract:
Synthesizes the knowledge of the process of domestication and how it has affected the behaviour of captive wild and domesticated animals.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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