Citizen science: A new direction in canine behavior research

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-132

  Hecht, Julie ^a   Spicer Rice, Eleanor ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Eleanor Spicer Rice Verdant Word   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Data quality; Dog; Public participation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CANID; COGNITION; DATA QUALITY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CITIZEN SCIENCE; COGNITION; DOG; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIVACY; SCIENCE; SLEEP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PERSONNEL; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TRENDS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84920179238     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.10.014     Document Type: Article

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