Fitness consequences of avian personalities in a fluctuating environment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1541, 2004, Pages 847-852

  Dingemanse, Niels J ^a   Both, Christiaan ^a,b   Drent, Piet J ^a   Tinbergen, Joost M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boldness; Exploration; Fitness; Genetic variation; Personality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIRD; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVIAN GENETICS; BIRD; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FOOD; FOWL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPACE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 1842855351     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2680     Document Type: Article

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