Barking in domestic dogs: Context specificity and individual identification

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 343-355

  Yin, Sophia ^a,b   McCowan, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CA 95616 USA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; DISTURBANCE; DOMESTIC SPECIES;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 3242661853     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.07.016     Document Type: Article

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