How well do dingoes, Canis dingo, perform on the detour task?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-162

  Smith, Bradley Philip ^a   Litchfield, Carla Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canid; Canis dingo; Detour task; Dingo; Dog; Domestication; Intelligence; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

CANID; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DOMESTICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEARNING; WILD POPULATION;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 77953961104     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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