The Form of Combative Strategy in Interactions among Wolf Pups (Canis lupus)

• Published in: Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie
• Main Authors: Havkin, Zvika, Fentress, John C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1985
• Subjects: Alten; Boden; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1985.tb00123.x; http://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.1985.tb00123.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.1985.tb00123.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1985.tb00123.x

Abstract and Summary This study concerns the form of combative interactions between wolf pups and how this form relates to strategy. Filmed records were analysed for dyadic interactions among three pups between the ages of two weeks and five months. By isolating and recombining the variables of body...