3 papers
q-bio.OT2025
Treats or Affection? Understanding Reward Preferences in Indian Free-ranging Dogs for Bonding with Humans
Srijaya Nandi, Aesha Lahiri, Tuhin Subhra Pal +3
Free-ranging dogs constitute approximately 80% of the global dog population. These dogs are freely breeding and live without direct human supervision, making them an ideal model sy…
q-bio.PE2025
How Much is Enough? An Empirical Test of the Resource Dispersion Hypothesis
Sourabh Biswas, Kalyan Ghosh, Sumedha Touhid +6
Free-ranging dogs (Canis familiaris) thrive in diverse landscapes, including those heavily modified by humans. This study investigated the influence of resource availability on the…
q-bio.OT2024
When Life Gives You Lemons, Squeeze Your Way Through: Understanding Citrus Avoidance Behaviour by Free-Ranging Dogs in India
Tuhin Subhra Pal, Srijaya Nandi, Rohan Sarkar +1
Palatability of food is driven by multiple factors like taste, smell, texture, freshness, etc. and can be very variable across species. There are classic examples of local adaptati…