ArticleBiology letters2024
Why do dogs wag their tails?
Article in Biology letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Predicting missed alerts in detection dogs.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Human-socialized dogs and wolves show similar behavioural reactions to human fear odour.Animal cognition · 2026Article
- Tail-rattling in rodents: more than a threat display.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Review
- Adult companion dogs allocate social proximity toward owners over household dogs under competing contexts.Animal cognition · 2026Article
- Can you read my poker-face? Adapting the still-face paradigm to explore dog's interspecific communication.Animal cognition · 2026Article
- The Complexity of Communication in Mammals: From Social and Emotional Mechanisms to Human Influence and Multimodal Applications.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Dogs of War: The Effect of War-Inflicted Environmental Damage on Free-Ranging Domestic Dogs.Evolutionary applications · 2025Article
- Object-directed behaviors and human-directed sociability are linked in free-ranging dog puppies.iScience · 2025Article
- Does the tail show when the nose knows? Artificial intelligence outperforms human experts at predicting detection dogs finding their target through tail kinematics.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Rhythmic categories in horse gait kinematics.Journal of anatomy · 2025Article
- Not just avoidance: dogs show subtle individual differences in reacting to human fear chemosignals.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of owner experiences following dog adoption.Animal welfare (South Mimms, England) · 2025Article
- Shake It Off: Investigating the Function of a Domestic Dog Behavior in Social Contexts.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
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Abstract
Tail wagging is a conspicuous behaviour in domestic dogs (
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