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Fraser Andrew F. |
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Feline behaviour and welfare / / Andrew F. Fraser |
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Oxfordshire, England ; ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Felidae - Behavior |
Cats - Behavior |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Well-being and Its Roots""; ""3 Feline Neuroethology""; ""4 Play and the Steps Through Life""; ""5 Basic Activities""; ""6 Association and Reproduction""; ""7 Giant Wild Cats""; ""8 Principal Species of Wild Cats""; ""9 Minor Wild Cat Species""; ""10 Common and Comparative Feline Features""; ""11 Abnormal Behaviour and Training""; ""12 Health Monitoring""; ""13 Points of Welfare""; ""14 Review of Well-being""; ""Epilogue""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Cats are the world's most popular domestic pet, as well as being wild animals. This comprehensive book on feline behaviour explores both the familiar domesticated animal and wild relatives such as the leopard, tiger and lynx to examine the Felidae family as a whole, allowing for fascinating comparisons between wild and domestic species and explanations of behaviour in pet cats with evolutionary origins. Fraser's work helps increase readers' understanding of cat behaviour - why they behave as they do, for what purpose and why. The focus is on |
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