Dog Behavior Modern Science and Our Canine Companions
Auteurs : Ha James C., Campion Tracy L.
Dog Behavior: Modern Science and Our Canine Companions provides readers with a better understanding of canine science, including evolutionary concepts, ethograms, brain structures and development, sensory perspectives, the science of emotions, social structure, and the natural history of the species. The book also analyzes relationships between humans and dogs and how the latter has evolved. Readers will find this to be an ideal resource for researchers and students in animal behavior, specifically focusing on dog behavior and human-canine relationships. In addition, veterinarians seeking further information on dog behavior and the social temperament of these companion animals will find this book to be informative.
1. A Brief History of Evolutionary Theory2. The Outward and Inward World of the Animal3. Brain Structure and Development – Understanding Capabilities and Limitations of Mammals and Dogs4. Sensory Perception to Interpret Behavior5. The Science of Emotions6. How Concepts of Costs vs. Benefits Drives Decision-Making and the Evolution of Behavior7. Costs and Benefits of Being Social – Temperament and Personality8. Game Theory9. Limited Resources of Social Structure10. Species Natural History – Behavior Associated with Mating and Social Structure
Researchers and students in animal behavior and canine behavior; veterinarians in need of more information on canine behavior.
Tracy L. Campion is the co-publisher of Pet Connection Magazine. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Washington and later received her M.S. in Primate Behavior from Central Washington University and her Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from the London School of Journalism. Ms. Campion has also participated in field work exercises including the spatial ecology of Papio ursinus at the University of Cape Town’s Zoology Department.
- Provides an accessible, engaging introduction to animal behavior specifically related to human-canine relationships
- Clarifies misunderstandings, mysteries and misconceptions about canines with historical evidence and scientific studies
- Offers insights and techniques to improve human-canine relationships
Date de parution : 12-2018
Ouvrage de 228 p.
19x23.3 cm
Thèmes de Dog Behavior :
Mots-clés :
Adaptation; Aggression; Altruism; Animal behavior; Axelrod; Basal; Benefits; Brain structure; Breeds; Canines; Carnivore; Cats; Cognitive; Conditional; Constraints; Convergent evolution; Cooperation; Costs; Critical periods; Darwin; Decision-making; Depression; Descartes; Development; Dogs; Domestication; Dominance; Emotions; Encephalization quotient (EQ); Endocrine; Ethogram; Ethology; Evolution; Evolutionary theory; Game theory; Genetic history; Hamilton; Hamilton' Hearing; Heredity; Heritability; Hierarchy; Inhibition; Innenwelt; Iterated; Kin selection; Natural history; Neocortical; Neurology; Noniterated; Olfaction; Pack theory; Pavlov; Perception; Personality; Perspective; Physiology; Prisoner’s dilemma; Proximate; Psychology; Reinforce; Resources; Risk-averse; Risk-prone; s rule; Salience; Senses; Sensitive periods; Sensory perception; Sight; Smithsonian; Social structure; Sociality; Sound; Species; Taste; Temperament; Tit for tat; Ultimate; Umwelt; Vibrissae; Vision; Wolves; Worldview
