Observational learning of an acquired maternal behaviour pattern by working dog pups: An alternative training method?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 309-316

  Slabbert, J M ^a   Rasa, O Anne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dog; Learning; Narcotics; Parental behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030749470     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01163-X     Document Type: Article

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