Animal domestication and behavior
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This book synthesizes existing knowledge of the process of domestication and how captive breeding and management of wild and domestic animals have affected their behaviour and other biological traits. The emphasis is on companion animals, farm animals, laboratory animals, including aquaculture species and insects, and animals kept in zoos and wildlife parks. The topics covered are: genetic and experiential contributions to the domestication process, variation under domestication, adaptation to the biological and physical environments, behavioural development in captivity, the adaptation of captive-reared wild and domestic animals when reintroduced into the wild, and the effects of domestication on animal welfare.
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Domestic animals have adapted to humans and the captive environment through genetic changes over generations and environmentally-induced developmental events reoccurring for each generation.
“Domestic animals have adapted to humans and the captive environment through genetic changes over generations and environmentally-induced developmental events reoccurring for each generation [31].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [31]
An animal's response to humans will be influenced by life history characteristics of a species, and also by individual factors such as genetics, temperament and past experience with humans.
“An animal’s response to humans will not only be influenced by life history characteristics of a species, but also by individual factors such as genetics (artificial and natural selection), temperament and past experience with humans [31].”
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In captive populations, natural selection is expressed through differential mortality and reproductive failure, with an inability to adapt to the close proximity of humans likely to be one of many selection pressures facing captive animals.
“In captive populations, natural selection is expressed through differential mortality and reproductive failure [31], with an inability to adapt to the close proximity of humans likely to be one of many selection pressures facing captive animals.”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [31]
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“At its core, the domestication syndrome consists of alterations in behavior (increased tameness), body size and composition, brain size and composition, and color [though even this was not considered initially (Price 2002; Wright et al. 2020)].”
BackgroundGlobularization and domestication.
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- CABI Publishing eBooks
- Publisher
- CAB International
- Published
- 2002-01
- OpenAlex
- W654888235
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- 288
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- FWCI
- 3.89
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CABI Publishing eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Keywords
- animal domestication, captive breeding, animal behavior, companion animals, livestock, laboratory animals, aquaculture species, insects, zoo animals, wildlife parks, reintroduction, animal welfare, environmental adaptation
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