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008 150817s2016 ilu b 001 0 eng c
010 _a 2015031906
020 _a9780226127941 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z9780226359007 (e-book)
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_cICU
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050 0 0 _aSF422.5
_b.C66 2016
082 0 0 _a636.7
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100 1 _aCoppinger, Raymond,
245 1 0 _aWhat is a dog?
_cRaymond Coppinger and Lorna Coppinger ; foreword by Alan M. Beck.
264 1 _aChicago :
_bThe University of Chicago Press,
_c2016.
300 _axvii, 257 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAbout 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?
650 0 _aDogs.
650 0 _aDogs
_xBehavior.
650 0 _aHuman-animal relationships.
700 1 _aCoppinger, Lorna,
700 1 _aBeck, Alan M.,
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949 _aSF422.5 .C66 2016
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