Prenatal olfactory learning in the domestic dog

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 681-686

  Wells, Deborah L ^a   Hepper, Peter G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; OLFACTORY CUE; PARENTAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SENSORY SYSTEM;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33748184290     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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