Wolves and dogs : between myth and science / / Friederike Range and Sarah Marshall-Pescini

• Autore: Range Friederike
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (393 pages)
• Disciplina: 591.513
• Soggetto topico: Cognition in animals; Wolves
• Persona (resp. second.): Marshall-PesciniSarah
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Why Study the Cognitive Abilities of Wolves? -- 1.2 How Wolves Became Dogs Maybe -- 1.2.1 The `Human-Selection´ Scenario -- Box 1.1 The Tame Foxes and the Pioneering Ideas of Belyaev -- 1.2.2 The Self-Domestication Scenario -- 1.3 Wolves and Dogs Today -- 1.4 Book Overview -- References -- 2: Comparing the Behaviour and Cognition of Wolves and Dogs -- 2.1 Wolf Park Indiana, Battle Ground, IN (1972-Present) -- 2.2 Kiel -- 2.3 Erik Zimen -- 2.4 University of Michigan Canine Information-Processing Project (1979-1984) -- 2.5 Family Dog Project of the Department of Ethology, Budapest (2002-2004, Partially Ongoing) -- 2.6 The Dog Cognition Programme at Max Planck Institute in Leipzig -- 2.7 Tovetorp Zoological Research Station of Stockholm University (2014-2016) -- 2.8 Wolf Science Center (2008-Present) -- Box 2.1 The Beginning -- 2.8.1 Decisions Taken for the Set-up of the Wolf Science Center -- 2.8.2 The Reality -- 2.8.3 Socialization of Our Animals -- 2.8.4 Other Research Projects Connected to the Wolf Science Center -- Box 2.2 The First Year and the Present -- References -- 3: The Socio-Ecology of Wolves -- 3.1 A Few General Facts -- 3.2 Environment and Diet: The Wolf as the Epitome of the Hunter? -- 3.2.1 Factors Influencing Hunting Success -- 3.2.2 The Diet of Wolves -- 3.3 Social Organization -- 3.3.1 Pack Composition and Pack Size -- 3.3.2 Mating and Reproduction -- 3.3.2.1 Mating -- 3.3.2.2 Reproduction -- 3.3.3 Parental Care: Cooperative Breeding -- 3.3.4 Pup Mortality and Dispersal -- 3.3.4.1 Factors Influencing Pup Mortality -- 3.3.4.2 Dispersal -- 3.3.5 Social Dynamics -- 3.3.6 Territory Defence -- 3.4 Recolonization of Wolves -- Box 3.1 The Italian Invasion and `Going into the Wild´ -- 3.5 Summary -- References. ; 4: The Socio-Ecology of Free-Ranging Dogs -- Box 4.1 A journey into the world of FRDs -- 4.1 A Few General Facts -- 4.2 Environment and Diet: Scavenger or Hunter? -- 4.2.1 Dog: The Scavenger -- 4.2.2 Dog: The Hunter -- 4.3 Social Organization -- 4.3.1 Group Size: When Are Dogs Solitary and When Social? -- 4.3.2 Group Composition -- 4.3.3 Mating and Reproduction -- 4.3.4 Parental Care -- 4.3.4.1 Maternal Care -- 4.3.4.2 Paternal Care -- 4.3.4.3 Alloparental Care -- 4.3.4.4 Dispersal and Mortality -- 4.3.5 Social Dynamics -- 4.3.5.1 Home Range and Between-Pack Relationships -- 4.4 Summary -- References -- 5: Social Dynamics Between Conspecifics -- 5.1 Dominance and Aggression -- 5.1.1 Formal Signals of Dominance in Wolves and Dogs -- 5.1.2 Dominance, Hierarchy, and Leadership in Captive and Free-Living Wolves and Dogs -- 5.1.3 Dominance and Aggression: Wolves and Dogs Compared -- 5.2 Dominance and Access to Resources -- 5.2.1 Dominance, Aggression, and Access to Resources: Wolves and Dogs Compared -- 5.2.1.1 Summary Dominance and Aggression -- 5.3 Affiliative Relationships -- 5.3.1 Affiliation: Wolves and Dogs Compared -- 5.3.1.1 Summary Affiliation -- 5.4 Play -- 5.4.1 Summary Play -- 5.5 Reconciliation -- 5.5.1 Summary Conflict Management -- 5.6 Do the Affiliative and Dominance Dimensions Affect Wolves´ and Dogs´ Behaviour in Different Contexts? -- 5.7 Summary -- References -- 6: Social Behaviour with Humans -- 6.1 Attachment and Sociability -- 6.2 Wolves and Dogs Compared -- 6.2.1 Puppy Tests -- 6.2.1.1 Attachment -- 6.2.1.2 Sociability -- 6.2.1.3 Tractability -- 6.2.2 Summary Studies with Puppies -- 6.2.3 Adult Tests -- 6.3 Physiological Correlates of the Human-Animal Social Bond -- 6.3.1 Wolves and Dogs Compared -- 6.3.2 Summary Bonding and Physiology -- 6.4 Overall Summary. ; Box 6.1 Life of a P(ee)hD student at the Wolf Science Center (by Gwendolyn Wirobski) -- References -- 7: Social Cognition Part I: Communication with Humans -- 7.1 Understanding (Human) Communicative Cues -- 7.1.1 Gaze Following -- 7.1.2 Following Pointing -- 7.1.3 Do Dogs and Wolves Differ in Regard to Understanding Communicative Cues? -- 7.1.3.1 Establishing Eye Contact -- 7.1.3.2 Gaze Following into Distant Space -- 7.1.3.3 Following Gaze Around a Barrier -- 7.1.3.4 Gazing and Pointing in the Two-Choice Task -- Proximal (Momentary) Pointing -- Distal Pointing -- Gazing -- 7.1.4 Sensitivity to Ostensive Cues -- 7.1.5 Summary -- 7.2 Communicating with Humans -- 7.2.1 Sensitivity to the Attentional States of Others -- 7.2.2 Showing Behaviour -- 7.2.3 `Looking Back´ Behaviour in the Impossible Task -- 7.2.4 Summary Communication with Humans -- 7.3 Summary Communication -- References -- 8: Social Cognition Part II: Social Learning and Cooperation -- 8.1 Social Learning -- 8.1.1 Local Enhancement -- 8.1.2 Imitation -- 8.1.3 Summary Social Learning -- 8.2 Cooperation -- 8.2.1 Prosocial Behaviour -- 8.2.1.1 The Prosocial Choice Test (PCT) -- The Touchscreen Version -- Location Choice -- Group-Service Paradigm -- 8.2.1.2 Food Sharing -- 8.2.1.3 Summary Prosocial Studies -- 8.2.2 Inequity Aversion -- 8.2.2.1 Summary -- 8.2.3 Coordination in a Cooperative Problem-Solving Task -- 8.2.3.1 Animal-Animal Coordination -- 8.2.3.2 Animal-Human Coordination -- 8.2.3.3 The Role of the Partner -- 8.2.3.4 Summary -- 8.2.3.5 What Factors Influence the Success of Cooperation? -- 8.2.4 Summary Cooperation -- References -- 9: Physical Cognition Part I: Problem Solving and Its Correlates -- 9.1 Motivational Factors -- 9.1.1 Neophobia and Exploration -- 9.1.2 Persistence and a Little Bit of Motor Diversity -- 9.1.3 Summary: Motivational Factors. ; 9.2 Attention and Working Memory -- 9.3 Inhibitory Control -- 9.3.1 Cognitive Inhibition -- 9.3.2 Motor Inhibition -- 9.3.3 Self-Control -- 9.3.4 Summary Inhibition -- 9.4 General Summary -- References -- 10: Physical Cognition Part II: Learning and Reasoning -- 10.1 Learning -- 10.1.1 Summary: Learning -- 10.2 Inferential Reasoning -- 10.2.1 Reasoning by Exclusion -- 10.2.2 Diagnostic Inference -- 10.2.3 Predictive Inference -- 10.2.4 Summary: Inference -- 10.3 Numerical Competence -- 10.3.1 Summary: Numerical Competence -- 10.4 General Summary -- References -- 11: Domestication Hypotheses Relating to Behaviour and Cognition: Which Are Supported by the Current Data? -- 11.1 A Comprehensive Theory for All Domesticated Animals: `The Domestication Syndrome´ -- 11.1.1 Evidence For and Against the Domestication Syndrome -- 11.2 What Brought About the Behavioural Wolf-Dog Differences We See Today and Which Hypotheses Are Supported by the Current Da... -- 11.2.1 Interactions with Humans -- 11.2.1.1 Part I: Domestication Hypotheses -- Selection for Temperament Traits -- Tameness (i.e. Reduced Fear and Aggression of Humans) -- Sociability and Attachment -- Selection Related to Socio-cognitive Skills -- Socio-cognitive Skills (General) -- Social Cooperative Skills -- Attention Towards the Human Face -- Inhibition -- Deferential Behaviour -- Composite Hypotheses -- 11.2.1.2 Part II: Data in Support of These Hypotheses -- Sociability and Attachment -- Leadership, Conflict Management, and Aggression -- Socio-cognitive Abilities in Relation to Humans -- 11.2.2 Social Behaviour with Conspecifics -- 11.2.2.1 Part I: Domestication Hypotheses -- 11.2.2.2 Part II: Data in Support of These Hypotheses -- 11.2.3 Interaction with the Environment -- 11.2.3.1 Part I: Domestication Hypotheses -- 11.2.3.2 Part II: Data in Support of These Hypotheses. ; 11.3 Summary and Overall Conclusions -- Box 11.1 A Few Unanswered Questions -- References -- WSC (Wolf Science Center) Ethogram for Pocket Observer.
• Titolo autorizzato: Wolves and Dogs
• ISBN: 3-030-98411-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910586575903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Fascinating Life Sciences