Context dependence of personalities: Risk-taking behavior in a social and a nonsocial situation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 716-723

  Van Oers, Kees ^a,b   Klunder, Margreet ^a   Drent, Piet J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioral syndromes; Boldness; Exploration; Parus major; Personality; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PASSERINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 25444500813     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari045     Document Type: Article

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