Quantity discrimination in wolves (canis lupus)

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Utrata, Ewelina ^a   Virányi, Zsófia ^b,c,d   Range, Friederike ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Wolf Science Center   (Austria)

Author keywords

Domestication; Numerical competence,weber's law; Wolf

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870896690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00505     Document Type: Article

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