Realized heritability of personalities in the great tit (Parus major)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1510, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Drent, Pieter J ^a   Van Oers, Kees ^a   Van Noordwijk, Arie J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioural strategies; Exploration; Genetic variation; Parus major; Personalities; Selection response

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BIRD; BREEDING; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREAT TIT; HERITABILITY; JUVENILE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PARUS MAJOR; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037422715     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2168     Document Type: Article

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