Selective attention to humans in companion dogs, Canis familiaris

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1057-1063

  Mongillo, Paolo ^a   Bono, Gabriele ^a   Regolin, Lucia ^a   Marinelli, Lieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural test; Canis familiaris; Dog; Dog ageing; Dog human relationship; Social attention

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGING; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SELECTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 78549289484     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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