Effects of training paradigms on search dog performance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 277-292

  Lit, Lisa ^a   Crawford, Cynthia A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination learning; Dog; Olfaction; Scent detection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; PARADIGM SHIFT; SCENT MARKING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33646892213     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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