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Societies of Wolves and Free-ranging Dogs.
The first comprehensive assessment of societies of gray wolves and free-ranging dogs, with an emphasis on behavioral ecology.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Societies of Wolves and Free-ranging Dogs; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1: What makes a wolf; 1.1 Wolves in the beginning; 1.2 Modern wolves; 1.3 Great Lakes wolf; 1.4 Red wolf; 1.5 Eastern coyote; 1.6 The color of wolves; 2: What makes a dog; 2.1 Domestication; 2.2 Early dogs; 2.3 Coydogs and wolfdogs; 2.4 Dingoes; 3: Visual and tactile communication; 3.1 Metaphors and semiotics; 3.2 Signal and response; 3.3 Agonistic behavior; 3.4 The physiological stress response; 3.5 Visual and tactile signaling.
- 4: Olfactory and vocal communication4.1 Odor and pheromone reception; 4.2 Scent-marking; 4.3 Vocalization; 4.4 Wolf howls; 5: Space; 5.1 Use of space; 5.2 Territorial disputes; 5.3 Pack dynamics; 5.4 Natural controls on wolf populations; 5.5 Painting the social fence; 5.6 Space use by free-ranging dogs; 6: Foraging; 6.1 Wolves as predators; 6.2 Competitors of wolves; 6.3 Wolves hunting and scavenging; 6.4 Prey selection by wolves; 6.5 The dilemma of cooperative hunting; 6.6 Foraging by free-ranging dogs; 7: Courtship and conception; 7.1 The reproductive cycle
- part 1.
- 7.2 Courtship in owned dogs7.3 Courtship in free-ranging dogs; 7.4 Courtship in wolves; 8: Reproduction and parenting; 8.1 The reproductive cycle
- part 2; 8.2 Wolf dens and rendezvous sites; 8.3 Dens and rendezvous sites of free-ranging dogs; 8.4 Wolf litters; 8.5 Free-ranging dog litters; 8.6 Helping and the altruism dilemma; 9: Socialization; 9.1 The socialization sequence; 9.2 Play and bonding; 9.3 Confinement and social order in wolves; 9.4 Dominance in free-ranging dogs; 9.5 Leadership; 9.6 Dingoes; Notes; Preface; Chapter 1: What makes a wolf; Chapter 2: What makes a dog.
- Chapter 3: Visual and tactile communicationChapter 4: Olfactory and vocal communication; Chapter 5: Space; Chapter 6: Foraging; Chapter 7: Courtship and conception; Chapter 8: Reproduction and parenting; Chapter 9: Socialization; References; Index.