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050 00 a| SF422.5b| .C66 2017;

100 1 a| Coppinger, Raymond,e| author.=| ^A1351553;

245 10 a| What is a dog? /c| Raymond Coppinger and Lorna Coppinger ; foreword by Alan M. Beck.;

250 a| Paperback edition.;

264 1 a| Chicago :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| [2017];

300 a| xvii, 257 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations (some color) ;c| 23 cm;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.;

505 0 a| About dogs. What is a dog? ; The world is full of village dogs ; Why do village dogs all look alike? ; What is a niche? -- Behavioral ecology. Behavioral ecology of dogs ; The cost of building a dog ; The cost of feeding a dog ; The cost of reproduction ; Avoiding hazards and their costs -- That special relationship between people and dogs. The symbiotic relationship ; Dogs adopt people (and other animals) ; People adopt dogs ; People breed special dogs ; Breed genes stray into the village dog population ; Dog genes stray back into the wild -- Summary. Where and why are all these dogs? ; What should we do, if anything, with all the dogs?;

520 a| "Exploring the natural history of these creatures, the Coppingers explain how the village dogs of Vietnam, India, Africa, and Mexico are strikingly similar. These feral dogs, argue the Coppingers, are in fact the real representative dogs, nearly uniform in size and shape and incredibly self-sufficient. Drawing on nearly five decades of research, they show how dogs actually domesticated themselves in order to become such sufficient scavengers of human refuse. The Coppingers also examine the behavioral characteristics that enable dogs to live successfully and to reproduce, unconstrained by humans, in environments that we ordinarily do not think of as dog- friendly."--Publisher description.;

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700 1 a| Coppinger, Lorna,e| author.=| ^A1350715;

700 1 a| Beck, Alan M.e| writer of foreword.=| ^A147997;

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What is a dog? / Raymond Coppinger and Lorna Coppinger ; foreword by Alan M. Beck.

Author/creator	Coppinger, Raymond author.
Other author	Coppinger, Lorna, author.
Other author	Beck, Alan M. writer of foreword.
Format	Book
Edition	Paperback edition.
Publication	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Copyright Date	©2016
Description	xvii, 257 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Subjects	Dogs. Dogs--Behavior. Human-animal relationships.

Contents	About dogs. What is a dog? ; The world is full of village dogs ; Why do village dogs all look alike? ; What is a niche? -- Behavioral ecology. Behavioral ecology of dogs ; The cost of building a dog ; The cost of feeding a dog ; The cost of reproduction ; Avoiding hazards and their costs -- That special relationship between people and dogs. The symbiotic relationship ; Dogs adopt people (and other animals) ; People adopt dogs ; People breed special dogs ; Breed genes stray into the village dog population ; Dog genes stray back into the wild -- Summary. Where and why are all these dogs? ; What should we do, if anything, with all the dogs?
Abstract	"Exploring the natural history of these creatures, the Coppingers explain how the village dogs of Vietnam, India, Africa, and Mexico are strikingly similar. These feral dogs, argue the Coppingers, are in fact the real representative dogs, nearly uniform in size and shape and incredibly self-sufficient. Drawing on nearly five decades of research, they show how dogs actually domesticated themselves in order to become such sufficient scavengers of human refuse. The Coppingers also examine the behavioral characteristics that enable dogs to live successfully and to reproduce, unconstrained by humans, in environments that we ordinarily do not think of as dog- friendly."--Publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
ISBN	022647822X
ISBN	9780226478227

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