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Description for Domestication
Hardback. By knowing more about how animals behave and live, we gain a greater understanding of how life evolved and the importance of biodiversity. This work investigates the animal behavioural trait with which we are most familiar - how various species of animals have become useful members of human societies. Series: Greenwood Guides to the Animal World. Num Pages: 232 pages, 40 illustrations (colour & b&w). BIC Classification: PSVP; WNG. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 644.
We share the earth with a wide variety of animal species, each of which brings something special to the diversity of the planet. By knowing more about how animals behave and live, we gain a greater understanding of how life evolved and the importance of biodiversity. Domestication investigates the animal behavioral trait with which we are most familiar — how various species of animals have, over the last few millenia, become useful members of human societies. Each chapter examines a particular type of domestication, and includes accounts of of exemplary species that examines their biology, their domestication history, the results ... Read more
We share the earth with a wide variety of animal species, each of which brings something special to the diversity of the planet. By knowing more about how animals behave and live, we gain a greater understanding of how life evolved and the importance of biodiversity. Domestication investigates the animal behavioral trait with which we are most familiar — how various species of animals have, over the last few millenia, become useful members of human societies. Each chapter examines a particular type of domestication, and includes accounts of of exemplary species that examines their biology, their domestication history, the results ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Greenwood Guides to the Animal World
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313339875
SKU
V9780313339875
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About Clive Roots
Clive Roots has been a zoo director for many years. He has travelled the world collecting live animals for zoo conservation programs. Roots has acted as a masterplanning and design consultant for numerous zoological garden and related projects around the world, and has written many books on zoos and natural history subjects.
Reviews for Domestication
This fascinating view of animal development will serve high school, public and academic libraries.
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