The use of human-given cues by domestic horses, Equus caballus, during an object choice task

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1205-1209

  Proops, Leanne ^a   Walton, Meggen ^a   McComb, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestication; Equus caballus; Horse; Interspecific communication; Marker cue; Pointing; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; DOMESTICATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MAMMAL; SELECTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 79951769251     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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