Animal domestication and behavior

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Synthesizes the knowledge of the process of domestication and how it has affected the behaviour of captive wild and domesticated animals.

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Full title :Animal domestication and behavior / Edward O. Price.

Summary

Synthesizes the knowledge of the process of domestication and how it has affected the behaviour of captive wild and domesticated animals.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:c2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CABI Pub
Place of Publication:Wallingford, Oxon, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:c2002.

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Description based upon print version of record.

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Description:1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1280829834, 9781280829833, 9786610829835, 6610829837, 0851997724, 9780851997728
oclc:on1162039981
LC Classification:SF41
Dewey Decimal:636.088

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 EnvironmentChapter 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