The Ecology of Stray Dogs: A Study of Free-ranging Urban AnimalsPurdue University Press, 2002 - 98 pages This study of dog ecology and behavior and of human ecology and behavior discusses the facets of the phenomenon of the urban free-roaming dog. It provides information for students who wish to embark on studies of wild canines. |
Table des matières
The Baltimore Study | 1 |
FIELD METHODS | 3 |
The Ecology of FreeRanging Dogs | 4 |
ABUNDANCE | 7 |
DISTRIBUTION | 11 |
ACTIVITY | 12 |
LANDUSE PATTERNS | 16 |
HOME RANGE | 18 |
MORTALITY | 35 |
Public Health Aspects | 45 |
DOGS AND RATS | 51 |
FECES AND URINE | 53 |
DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH DOGS | 59 |
NOISE | 68 |
Recommendations for Urban Dog Control | 70 |
Appendix | 74 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
activity period Alan Ternes alleys Animal Shelter associated with dogs Balti Baltimore's barking Beaver behavior Berzon breeding cats chasing Darroch's Dirofilariasis discussed diseases dog bites dog control dog feces dog owner dogs observed dogs per square ecology estimated fecal feces and urine females free-ranging dog population free-ranging dogs frequencies garbage gassed geophagy groups Hanson home range Hopkins area house pet human increase indicate infection interviews Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins Hospital leash law leptospirosis living main study area Maryland morning mortality Municipal Animal Shelter neighborhoods nematode numbers of dogs pack parasite Park Parrish patterns personal communication plots Poisson pound probably problem public health puppies pups rabies reported residents Rickettsia run free sample Shaggy and Doberman Shelter records sidewalks specific square mile stray dogs street dogs streets summer surveys Table tion Toxocara canis trap trash collection trucks urban dogs visceral larva migrans wildlife York