Animal domestication and behavior /

• Main Author: Price, Edward O., (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Animal behavior.; Domestication.; Domestic animals.; Animal Behaviour.; Adaptation.; Animal behaviour.; Animal welfare.; Behaviour.; Laboratory animals.; Reviews.; Wild animals.; Zoo animals.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 297 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-282) and index.
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This book synthesizes existing knowledge of the process of domestication and how captive breeding and management of wild and domestic animals have affected their behaviour and other biological traits. The emphasis is on companion animals, farm animals, laboratory animals, including aquaculture species and insects, and animals kept in zoos and wildlife parks. The topics covered are: genetic and experiential contributions to the domestication process, variation under domestication, adaptation to the biological and physical environments, behavioural development in captivity, the adaptation of captive-reared wild and domestic animals when reintroduced into the wild, and the effects of domestication on animal welfare.