Shyness and boldness in pumpkinseed sunfish: Individual differences are context-specific

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 927-936

  Coleman, Kristine ^a,b   Wilson, David Sloan ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FISH; RISK PERCEPTION;

LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0031759301     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0852     Document Type: Article

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