Wolf

Dominance Relationships in a Family Pack of Captive Arctic Wolves (Canis lupus arctos): The Influence of Competition for Food, Age and Sex

Simona Cafazzo, Martina Lazzaroni, and Sarah Marshall-Pescini 2016 ABSTRACT Background: Dominance is one of the most pervasive concepts in the...

In Wolves, Play Behaviour Reflects the Partners’ Affiliative and Dominance Relationship

Simona Cafazzo, Sarah Marshall-Pescini, Jennifer L. Essler, Zsofia Viranyi, Kurt Kotrschal, Friederike Range 2018 ABSTRACT Puppy packs (consisting of only...

Territoriality and Inter-Pack Aggression in Gray Wolves: Shaping a Social Carnivore’s Life History

Conclusions: Conflict between neighboring wolf packs is common, and accounts for 2/3 of natural wolf deaths The presence of older,...

Play Behavior in Wolves: Using the ‘50:50’ Rule to Test for Egalitarian Play Styles

Jennifer L. Essler1,2*, Simona Cafazzo1, Sarah Marshall-Pescini1,2, Zsófia Virányi1,2,Kurt Kotrschal1,3, Friederike Range1,21 Wolf Science Center, Ernstbrunn, Austria, 2 Comparative Cognition,...

The Power of Discourse: Associations between Trainers’ Speech and the Responses of Socialized Wolves and Dogs to Training

by  Melissa Gabriela Bravo Fonseca 1,Heron Oliveira Hilário 2,Kurt Kotrschal 3,Friederike Range 4,Zsófia Virányi 5,Marina Henriques Lage Duarte 1,6,Laryssa Cristina Gomes Pereira 1 andAngélica da Silva Vasconcellos 1,* Simple...