Ambivalent signals during agonistic interactions in a captive wolf pack

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 274-283

  Fatjó, Jaume ^a   Feddersen Petersen, Dorit ^b   Ruiz de la Torre, José Luís ^a   Amat, Marta ^a   Mets, Monique ^a   Braus, Barbara ^b   Manteca, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Ambivalence; Communication; Conflict; Hierarchy; Wolf

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CANID; SIGNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34249334305     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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