Synopsis "Key Questions in Animal Behaviour and Welfare: A Study and Revision Guide"
An understanding of animal behavior and welfare is an important requirement of a wide range of programs of study including biology, zoology, animal welfare, animal behavior, psychology and zoo biology. This book is intended as a study and revision guide for students following programs of study in which animal behavior and welfare are an important component. It contains 600 multiple-choice questions (and answers) set at three levels - foundation, intermediate and advanced - and grouped into 10 major topic areas: 1. Foundations and history of animal behavior and welfare2. Basic concepts and mechanisms in behavior3. Biological basis of behavior4. Learning, memory and training5. Territoriality, navigation and migration6. Animal cognition and communication7. Behavioral ecology and social behavior8. Measuring, recording and analyzing behavior and welfare9. Animal exploitation and welfare10. Animal rights, ethics and law The book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. It allows the reader to learn and revise the meaning of terms used in the study of animal behavior and welfare, methods of recording behavior and assessing welfare, the physiology of behavior, learning, memory, cognition, behavioral ecology, animal rights and much more. Many of the questions require students to use their knowledge to interpret information provided in the form of graphs, data or photographs.
