The behaviour of the domestic cat / / John W. S. Bradshaw, Rachel A. Casey, Sarah L. Brown
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Bradshaw John <1950->
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| Titolo: |
The behaviour of the domestic cat / / John W. S. Bradshaw, Rachel A. Casey, Sarah L. Brown
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxfordshire, England ; ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2012 |
| ©2012 | |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 636.8 |
| 636.80019 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Cats - Behavior |
| Persona (resp. second.): | CaseyRachel A. |
| BrownSarah L. | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""1 The Cat: Domestication and Biology""; ""2 Sensory Abilities""; ""3 Mechanisms of Behaviour""; ""4 Behavioural Development""; ""5 Communication""; ""6 Feeding Behaviour""; ""7 Hunting and Predation""; ""8 Social Behaviour""; ""9 The Cat-Human Relationship""; ""10 Cat Welfare""; ""11 Undesired Behaviour in the Domestic Cat""; ""12 Physiological and Pathological Causes of Behavioural Change""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R"" |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | Describing feline behaviour from both a mechanistic and functional approach, this textbook provides an accessible overview of this fascinating subject. The book begins by addressing physiological, developmental and psychological aspects, with chapters on domestication, the development of the senses, learning, communication and feeding behaviour. The authors then build on this foundation to discuss social behaviour, hunting and predation, cat-human interactions and welfare. Fully updated throughout, this new edition also includes two new chapters on behavioural disorders due to pathologies and |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The behaviour of the domestic cat |
| ISBN: | 1-78064-120-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910627292703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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