How does dominance rank status affect individual and social learning performance in the dog (Canis familiaris)?

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-82

  Pongrácz, Péter ^a   Vida, Viktória ^a   Bánhegyi, Petra ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dog; Perceived rank; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DOGS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 36749102485     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0090-7     Document Type: Article

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