Social behavior in farm animals

✍ Scribed by J L Keeling; H W Gonyou

Publisher: CABI Pub
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 424
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content: Pt. I. Concepts in Social Behaviour. 1. Living in Groups: an Evolutionary Perspective / Michael Mendl and Suzanne Held. 2. Group Life / Cecilia Lindberg. 3. Parental Behaviour / Per Jensen. 4. The Evolution and Domestication of Social Behaviour / W. Ray Stricklin --
Pt. II. The Social Behaviour of Domestic Species. 5. The Social Behaviour of Cattle / Marie-France Bouissou, Alain Boissy and Pierre Le Neindre / [et al.]. 6. The Social Behaviour of Pigs / Harold W. Gonyou. 7. The Social Behaviour of Domestic Birds / Joy Mench and Linda Keeling. 8. The Social Behaviour of Sheep / Andrew Fisher and Lindsay Matthews. 9. The Social Behaviour of Horses / Natalie K. Waran.

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