Simple Mechanisms Can Explain Social Learning in Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris)

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 675-690

  Mersmann, Dorit ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a   Call, Josep ^a   Kaminski, Juliane ^a   Taborsky, Michael ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; CONSPECIFIC; LEARNING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79960361218     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01919.x     Document Type: Article

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