Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles
This extensively revised and expanded new edition offers concepts, principles and applied information that relates to the wellbeing of reptiles. As a manual on health and welfare in a similar vein to volumes addressing the sciences of anatomy, behaviour or psychology, this book thoroughly examines t...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023, 2023
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Edition: | 2nd ed. 2023 |
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Physiology and Functional Anatomy
- Chapter 3. Sensory Systems
- Chapter 4. Biology of Stress
- Chapter 5. Normal Behaviour
- Chapter 6. Social Behaviour as a Challenge for Welfare
- Chapter 7. Brains, Behaviour, and Cognition: Multiple Misconceptions
- Chapter 8. Psychological and Behavioural Principles and Problems
- Chapter 9. Effects of Ontogeny, Rearing Conditions, and Individual Differences on Behaviour: Welfare, Conservation, and Invasive Species Implications
- Chapter 10. Controlled Deprivation and Enrichment
- Chapter 11. Effects of Noise and Light
- Chapter 12. Ethologically Informed Design and DEEP Ethology in Theory and Practice
- Chapter 13. Spatial and Thermal Factors
- Chapter 14. Nutritional Considerations
- Chapter 15. Naturalistic Versus Unnaturalistic Environments
- Chapter 16. Evidential Thresholds for Species Suitability in Captivity
- Chapter 17. Record Keeping as an Aid to Captive Care
- Chapter 18. Arbitrary Husbandry Practices and Misconceptions
- Chapter 19. Miscellaneous Factors