A simple reason for a big difference: Wolves do not look back at humans, but dogs do

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 763-766

  Miklósi, Ádám ^a   Kubinyi, Enikö ^a   Topál, József ^b   Gácsi, Márta ^b   Virányi, Zsófia ^a   Csányi, Vilmos ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b MTA ELTE COMPARATIVE ETHOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 2942684630     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00263-X     Document Type: Article

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