A fresh look at the wolf-pack theory of companion-animal dog social behavior

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-285

  van Kerkhove, Wendy ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; DRIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOUSEHOLD; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOBIOLOGY; THEORY; WOLF; ANIMAL; PEDIGREE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; WOLVES;

EID: 19844373894     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0704_7     Document Type: Article

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