Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Part I. About Dogs
6. 1. What Is a Dog? 3
7. 2. The World Is Full of Village Dogs 23
8. 3. Why Do Village Dogs All Look Alike? 35
9. 4. What Is a Niche? 43
10. Part II. Behavioral Ecology
11. 5. Behavioral Ecology of Dogs 65
12. 6. The Cost of Building a Dog 71
13. 7. The Cost of Feeding a Dog 79
14. 8. The Cost of Reproduction 101
15. 9. Avoiding Hazards and Their Costs 121
16. Part III. That Special Relationship between People and Dogs
17. 10. The Symbiotic Relationship 129
18. 11. Dogs Adopt People (and Other Animals) 155
19. 12. People Adopt Dogs 165
20. 13. People Breed Special Dogs 169
21. 14. Breed Genes Stray into the Village Dog Population 185
22. 15. Dog Genes Stray Back into the Wild 195
23. Part IV. Summary
24. 16. Where—and Why—Are All These Dogs? 203
25. 17. What Should We Do—If Anything—with All the Dogs? 217
26. Acknowledgments 227
27. Bibliography 231
28. Index 245