Acoustic parameters of dog barks carry emotional information for humans

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 228-240

  Pongrácz, Péter ^a   Molnár, Csaba ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acoustic parameters; Communication; Dogs' bark; Human

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; VOCALIZATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748756195     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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