Directional tracking in the domestic dog, Canis familiaris

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-305

  Wells, Deborah L ^a   Hepper, Peter G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direction; Dog; Odour; Olfaction; Scent; Smell; Tracking

Indexed keywords

CANID;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0345581649     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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