The dog: Its domestication and behavior: By Michael W. Fox. New York: Garland STPM Press (1978). 296 pp. $24.50

摘要: Hidden within this book one can find a few im K ortant and dearly presented points that relate to the be aviour and domestication of the dog (Canis fnmiliaris). It is possible that Fox discusses other important points; if so, these are hopelessly lost in the confusion created by poor grammar, poor sentence construction, contradictions, lack of definitions, and jumbled organization that typify this book. Anyone choosing to read this book will be faced with a challenge to understand what the author has presented and why he has presented it. The body of the book is arranged into 11 chapters, an introduction, a postscript, and three appendices. In the introduction the reader is orovided with some background information on Fox’s&past research. Chapter I is a review of the effects of domestication on animals. The subject matter of chapters II to X ranges from behaviour and ecology of wild canids, through behaviour and …