An environmental and ethological study of California waterfowl hunters / John D. Copp
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TextSeries: Thesis ; (Ph.D.)Publication details: Ann Arbor, Michigan : University Microfilms International, 1977.Description: viii, 268 p. ; 21 cmDissertation note: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 1975 Abstract: The venerability and importance of hunting behavior in the species Homo sapiens is widely accepted in anthropology, paleontology, and other sciences. Recently, several popular publications (by Lorenz, Morris,Ardrey, and others) have advanced the premises that the phylogenetic acquisition of predatory behavior is likely to be linked in some causal sense to pathological manifestations of intra-specific aggression.Hunting behavior, therefore, has presumptive importance in terms of human evolution, yet observational data on hunting behavior itself is quite sparse. The research upon which this paper is based was undertaken in order to better understand what human beings actually do during bouts of predatory activity. This research was conducted on a 5,000 acre Federal wildlife refuge during the course of four consecutive waterfowl hunting seasons, and data were collected by means of direct observation,field interviews, and questionaires. A profile of the typical hunter was drawn in term
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 1975
The venerability and importance of hunting behavior in the species Homo sapiens is widely accepted in anthropology, paleontology, and other sciences. Recently, several popular publications (by Lorenz, Morris,Ardrey, and others) have advanced the premises that the phylogenetic acquisition of predatory behavior is likely to be linked in some causal sense to pathological manifestations of intra-specific aggression.Hunting behavior, therefore, has presumptive importance in terms of human evolution, yet observational data on hunting behavior itself is quite sparse. The research upon which this paper is based was undertaken in order to better understand what human beings actually do during bouts of predatory activity. This research was conducted on a 5,000 acre Federal wildlife refuge during the course of four consecutive waterfowl hunting seasons, and data were collected by means of direct observation,field interviews, and questionaires. A profile of the typical hunter was drawn in term