The Domestic Cat

List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Why the cat? Dennis C. Turner and Patrick Bateson; Part II. Development of Young Cats: 2. Behavioural development in the cat Patrick Bateson; 3. Factors influencing the mother-kitten relationship John M. Deag, Aubrey Manning and Candace E. Lawrence; 4. Individuality in the domestic cat: origins, development and stability Michael Mendl and Robert Harcourt; Part III. Social Life: 5. The signalling repertoire of the domestic cat and its undomesticated relatives John Bradshaw and Charlotte Cameron-Beaumont; 6. Group-living in the domestic cat: its sociobiology and epidemiology David W. Macdonald, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi and Gillian Kerby; 7. Density, spatial organisation and reproductive tactics in the domestic cat and other felids Olof Liberg, Mikael Sandell, Dominique Pontier and Eugenia Natoli; Part IV. Predatory Behaviour: 8. Hunting behaviour of domestic cats and their impact on prey populations B. Mike Fitzgerald and Dennis C. Turner; Part V. Cats and People: 9. Domestication and history of the cat James A. Serpell; 10. The human-cat relationship Dennis C. Turner; 11. Feline welfare issues Irene Rochlitz; Part VI. Postscript: 12. Questions about cats Patrick Bateson and Dennis C. Turner; Index.