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The domestic cat, the biology of its behaviour, edited by Dennis C. Turner, Patrick Bateson

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The domestic cat, the biology of its behaviour, edited by Dennis C. Turner, Patrick Bateson

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The domestic cat

Nature of contents

bibliography

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42780802

Responsibility statement

edited by Dennis C. Turner, Patrick Bateson

Sub title

the biology of its behaviour

Table Of Contents

Introduction. Why the cat? / Dennis C. Turner and Patrick Bateson -- Development of young cats. Behavioural development in the cat / Patrick Bateson -- Factors influencing the mother-kitten relationship / John M. Deag, Aubrey Manning and Candace E. Lawrence -- Individuality in the domestic cat: origins, development and stability / Michael Mendl and Robert Harcourt -- Social life. The signalling repertoire of the domestic cat and its undomesticated relatives / John Bradshaw and Charlotte Cameron-Beaumont -- Group-living in the domestic cat: its sociobiology and epidemiology / David W. Macdonald, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi and Gillian Kerby -- Density, spatial organisation and reproductive tactics in the domestic cat and other felids / Olof Liberg, Mikael Sandell, Dominique Pontier and Eugenia Natoli -- Predatory behaviour. Hunting behaviour of domestic cats and their impact on prey populations / B. Mike Fitzgerald and Dennis C. Turner -- Cats and people. Domestication and history of the cat / James A. Serpell -- The human-cat relationship / Dennis C. Turner -- Feline welfare issues / Irene Rochlitz -- Postscript. Questions about cats / Patrick Bateson and Dennis C. Turner

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