| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 406 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I Concepts in Social Behaviour; 1 Living in Groups: an Evolutionary Perspective; 2 Group Life; 3 Parental Behaviour; 4 The Evolution and Domestication of Social Behaviour; II The Social Behaviour of Domestic Species; 5 The Social Behaviour of Cattle; 6 The Social Behaviour of Pigs; 7 The Social Behaviour of Domestic Birds; 8 The Social Behaviour of Sheep; 9 The Social Behaviour of Horses; 10 The Social Behaviour of Fish; III Contemporary Topics in Social Behaviour; 11 Breaking Social Bonds; 12 Individual Differences and Personality |
| Summary |
The book is about social behaviour in farm animals (cattle, pigs, domestic birds, sheep, horses and fish). Part I of the book deals with the concepts of social behaviour, Part II concentrates on species-specific animal behaviour, and part III tackles the contemporary topics in social behaviour |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Domestic animals -- Behavior.
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Social behavior in animals.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
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Domestic animals -- Behavior
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Social behavior in animals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keeling, L. J. (Linda J.)
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Gonyou, H. W. (Harold W.)
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| LC no. |
00056479 |
| ISBN |
9780851997179 |
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0851997171 |
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