Wolves do not join the dance: Sophisticated aggression control by adjusting to human social signals in dogs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 109-122

  Gácsi, Márta ^a   Vas, Judit ^b   Topál, József ^c   Miklósi, Ádám ^a,b  

^a MTA ELTE COMPARATIVE ETHOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Competitive game; Dog human interaction; Dog wolf comparison; Interspecific play

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BONE; CANID; EYE; FOOD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SIGNAL; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84876855892     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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