Friend or foe: Context dependent sensitivity to human behaviour in dogs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 69-77

  Gyori, Borbála ^a   Gácsi, Márta ^a   Miklósi, Ádám ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Conflict prevention; Dog human communication; Domestication; Play bow

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; DOMESTICATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 78549245798     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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