Cephalic index and perceived dog trainability

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-358

  Helton, William S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cephalic index; Dog; Intelligence; Morphology; Trainability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; RODENT; SKULL;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRACHYCEPHALY; BREED DIFFERENCE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FIGHTING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RUNNING; TRAINING;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; BREEDING; CEPHALOMETRY; DOGS; HEAD; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70350135446     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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