Effects of sex and reproductive state on interactions between free-roaming domestic dogs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Sparkes, Jessica ^a,b,d   Körtner, Gerhard ^a,b,d   Ballard, Guy ^a,b,d   Fleming, Peter J S ^a,c,d   Brown, Wendy Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Vertebrate Pest Research Unit   (Australia)

^c Vertebrate Pest Research Unit   (Australia)

^d Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CASTRATED FEMALE; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PET ANIMAL; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTION; TELEMETRY; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; DOG DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRALIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84919935202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116053     Document Type: Article

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