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.
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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 speci...

Table of Contents:

• Why study domestication?
• Domestication defined
• Approaches to the study of domestication
• Pre-adaptations for domestication
• Inbreeding
• Genetic drift
• Artificial selection
• Natural selection in captivity
• Relaxation of natural selection
• Genetic variability and behavior
• Morphological and physiological traits
• Feeding and drinking
• Predation, infectious diseases and parasites
• Interactions with humans
• Social environment
• Climate and shelter
• Use of space
• Behavioral development in captive animals
• Reintroductions and feralization
• Welfare and ethics.