Studying Captive Animals A Workbook of Methods in Behaviour, Welfare and Ecology

Studying Captive Animals A Workbook of Methods in Behaviour, Welfare and Ecology is available to download free in pdf / epub format.

Studying Captive Animals outlines the methods that may beused to study the behaviour, welfare and ecology of animals livingunder the control of humans, including companion animals, feralpopulations, and those living on farms and in zoos.

This book is a step-by-step guide to the whole process ofconducting a scientific study: from designing the original project,formulating testable hypotheses, and collecting and analysing thedata, to drawing conclusions from the work and writing it up as ascientific report or paper. It also illustrates how to write aformal research proposal – a crucial and often difficult element ofthe student project – and how to deal with the ethical reviewprocess.