TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coppinger,Raymond
AU  - Coppinger,Lorna
AU  - Beck,Alan M.
TI  - What is a dog?
SN  - 9780226127941 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - SF422.5 .C66 2016
U1  - 636.7 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Dogs
KW  - Behavior
KW  - Human-animal relationships
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; About dogs. What is a dog? ; The world is full of village dogs ; Why do village dogs all look alike? ; What is a niche? -- Behavioral ecology. Behavioral ecology of dogs ; The cost of building a dog ; The cost of feeding a dog ; The cost of reproduction ; Avoiding hazards and their costs -- That special relationship between people and dogs. The symbiotic relationship ; Dogs adopt people (and other animals) ; People adopt dogs ; People breed special dogs ; Breed genes stray into the village dog population ; Dog genes stray back into the wild -- Summary. Where and why are all these dogs? ; What should we do, if anything, with all the dogs?
ER  -