| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 348 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1. Canine Ergonomics: Introduction to the New Science of Working Dogs; Chapter 2. Skill and Expertise in Working Dogs: A Cognitive Science Perspective; Chapter 3. Social Learning in Dogs; Chapter 4. Temperament and Personality in Working Dogs; Chapter 5. Overview of Scent Detection Work; Chapter 6. Evaluating Learning Tasks Commonly Applied in Detection Dog Training; Chapter 7. Attention in Dogs: Sustaining Attention in Mine Detection as Case Study; Chapter 8. Olfaction and Explosives Detector Dogs |
| Summary |
As with many new fields, the literature on working dogs is scattered across several non-overlapping disciplines from forensics and the life sciences to medicine, security, and wildlife biology. Providing an overview, from physiology to cognition, this book discusses working dogs from a scientific perspective |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Working dogs -- Environmental enrichment
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Working dogs -- Health
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Bioengineering.
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Biotechnology.
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Biotechnology
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bioengineering.
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LAW -- Forensic Science.
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Biotechnology
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Bioengineering
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Helton, William S.
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| ISBN |
9781420079920 |
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1420079921 |
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1282106163 |
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9781282106161 |
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