02152nam a22003378a 4500 CR9781139057769 UkCbUP 20180107143416.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110314s2012||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9781139057769 (ebook) 9781107015197 (hardback) 9781107656086 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda SF433 .S66 2012 636.7/0835 23 Spotte, Stephen, author. Societies of Wolves and Free-ranging Dogs / [electronic resource] Stephen Spotte. Societies of Wolves & Free-ranging Dogs Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. 1 online resource (394 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). Wolves are charismatic emblems of wilderness. Dogs, which descended from wolves, are models of urbanity. Do free-ranging dogs revert to pack living or are their societies only reminiscent of a wolfish heritage? Focusing on behavioral ecology, this is the first book to assess societies of both gray wolves and domestic dogs living as urban strays and in the feral state. It provides a comprehensive review of wolf genetics, particularly of New World wolves and their mixture of wolf, coyote and dog genomes. Spotte draws on the latest scientific findings across the specialized fields of genetics, sensory biology, reproductive physiology, space use, foraging ecology and socialization. This interdisciplinary approach provides a solid foundation for a startling and original comparison of the social lives of wolves and free-ranging dogs. Supplementary material, including a full glossary of terms, is available online at www.cambridge.org/9781107015197. Social behavior in animals Print version: 9781107015197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139057769 Cambridge Books Online 236770 236770