Partner preferences and asymmetries in social play among domestic dog, Canis lupus familiaris, littermates

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1187-1199

  Ward, Camille ^a   Bauer, Erika B ^b   Smuts, Barbara B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetrical play; Canis lupus familiaris; domestic dog; partner preferences; self handicapping; social development

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CANID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA ASSIMILATION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MATE CHOICE; ONTOGENY; PLAY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 51549093937     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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