Waterfowl of North America: Frontmatter and Preface

11 Apr 2013 | Book Sections | Contributor(s): Paul A. Johnsgard

It was with a considerable degree of hesitation that, during the winter of 1970-71, I sat down and contemplated the scope and structure of a possible book on the waterfowl of North America. On my …

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Livestock: Fulfilling social, environmental and economic roles. Is it possible?

21 Jun 2012 | Book Sections | Contributor(s): Margaret Gill, David L. Swain

http://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2007/20073245178.pdf Redesigning Animal Agriculture: The Challenge of the 21st Century. 0 51.59874199999999-1.1287119999999504 204-216 en CAB …

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Interactions with humans

15 Jun 2012 | Book Sections | Contributor(s): E O Price

The interaction of captive animals with humans is a major element in the process of domestication. The degree of tameness of individual animals to a great extent determines the nature of that …

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Human-animal interactions and animal stress

15 Jun 2012 | Book Sections | Contributor(s): Paul H. Hemsworth, G. P. Moberg (editor), J. A. Mench (editor), J. L. Barnett

Humans interact with animals in many walks of life. In situations in which these interactions are close and frequent, the quality of these interactions may have considerable consequences for either …

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The land ethic? Tourism's non-human actors

15 Jun 2012 | Book Sections | Contributor(s): Derek R. Hall, Frances Brown

The philosophy of this chapter is consonant with the ‘land ethic’ of American ecologist Aldo Leopold (1949/1968), which conceives of enlarging – both spatially and morally – the boundaries of …

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