A friend or an enemy? Dogs' reaction to an unfamiliar person showing behavioural cues of threat and friendliness at different times

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 99-115

  Vas, Judit ^b   Topál, József ^a   Gácsi, Márta ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^a   Csányi, Vilmos ^a  

^a MTA ELTE COMPARATIVE ETHOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggression; Breed differences; Dog; Dog human interaction; Social cues

Indexed keywords

CANID;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 24344482511     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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