Personality dimensions that emerge in companion canines

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 305-317

  Ley, Jacqueline ^a   Bennett, Pauleen ^a   Coleman, Grahame ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dog; Human animal bond; Personality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIOR; CANID; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 39749174479     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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