Twenty-five people, including the editor, have contributed towards this book, which presents the wide range of material now available on physiological adaptation of domestic animals. Obviously, the animals most considered are the farm animals, the ones with most to contribute towards man's own...

Highly praised when it first appeared in 1962, the book has clearly been successful in meeting a need for an authoritative text on this aspect of animal behaviour. Now revised and expanded, it still consists of four parts: part 1 is an introduction to behavioural studies; part 2 examines the...