Ontogeny and phylogeny: both are essential to human-sensitive behaviour in the genus Canis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Udell, Monique A R ^a   Wynne, Clive D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; Canis lupus; domestic dog; domestication hypothesis; object choice task; social cognition; two stage hypothesis; wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; DOMESTICATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 74649084133     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.11.033     Document Type: Article

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