Developmental changes in the sequential behavior of interacting timber wolf pups

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-136

  McLeod, P J ^a   Fentress, J C ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Development; Information; Wolves

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WOLF;

BEHAVIOURAL SEQUENCE; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION; TIMBER WOLF; WOLF;

CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0030614124     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00056-3     Document Type: Article

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