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• ISBN: 1592133479 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9781592133475 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 1592133487 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9781592133482 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: x, 303 pages ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Introduction : what does it feel like to be a fox? -- Beastly passions -- Cognitive ethology : the comparative study of animal minds -- On aims and methods of cognitive ethology / with Dale Jamieson -- Reflections on animal selves / with Paul W. Sherman -- The social ecology of coyotes / with Michael C. Wells -- Population and social biology of free-ranging domestic dogs, Canis familiaris / with Thomas J. Daniels -- Ground scratching by male domestic dogs : a composite signal? -- Observations of scent-marking and discriminating self from others by a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) : tales of displaced yellow snow -- Social communication in canids : evidence for the evolution of a stereotyped mammalian display -- Virtuous nature -- Wild justice, cooperation, and fair play : minding manners, being nice, and feeling good -- Human (anthropogenic) effects on animal behavior -- Translocation effects on the behavior of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) / with John P. Farrar, Karin L. Coleman and Eric Stone -- Interactions among dogs, people, and the environment in Boulder, Colorado : a case study / with Carron A. Meaney -- Behavioral interactions and conflict among domestic dogs, black-tailed prairie dogs, and people in Boulder, Colorado / with Robert W. Ickes -- The importance of ethics in conservation biology : let's be ethicists not ostriches -- Ethics and the study of carnivores : doing science while respecting animals / with Dale Jamieson -- Afterword : minding animals, minding earth -- old brains in new bottlenecks.

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Cognition in animals.
Social behavior in animals.
Animal rights.
Animal welfare.

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