Animal domestication and behavior / / Edward O. Price
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| Autore: |
Price Edward O
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| Titolo: |
Animal domestication and behavior / / Edward O. Price
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| Pubblicazione: | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York : , : CABI Pub., , 2002 |
| ©2002 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 636.08/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Domestication |
| Animal behavior | |
| Domestic animals | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-282) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Synthesizes the knowledge of the process of domestication and how it has affected the behaviour of captive wild and domesticated animals. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Animal domestication and behavior |
| ISBN: | 1-280-82983-4 |
| 9786610829835 | |
| 0-85199-772-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780350503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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