Consistency of personality traits in dogs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-291

  Svartberg, Kenth ^a,d   Tapper, Ingrid ^b   Temrin, Hans ^a   Radesäter, Tommy ^a   Thorman, Staffan ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Working Dog Association   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; CANID; INDUCED RESPONSE; VISUAL CUE;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 11844292048     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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