Domestication

Informationen zum Autor 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. A reference resource that covers the biology and behavior of the animals closest to humans -- domesticated animals Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Clive Roots
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2007
• EAN: 9780313339875
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33987-5
• No. of pages: 199
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Greenwood Guides to the Animal; Greenwood Guides to the Animal World; Greenwood Guides to the Animal World
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Pet husbandry; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food