Consistency of dogs' reactions to threatening cues of an unfamiliar person

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 331-344

  Vas, Judit ^a   Topál, József ^a,b   Gyori, Borbála ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggression; Consistency; Dog; Personality; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 45149132875     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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