Describing the ideal Australian companion dog

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 84-93

  King, Tammie ^a   Marston, Linda C ^a   Bennett, Pauleen C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dog; Human animal interaction; Ideal dog

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CANID; DOMESTICATION; LIFESTYLE; MORPHOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 67650717330     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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