The behavioural ecology of personality: Consistent individual differences from an adaptive perspective

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 734-739

  Dall, Sasha R X ^a   Houston, Alasdair I ^b   McNamara, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive individual differences; Behavioural ecology; Behavioural syndromes; Evolutionary game theory; Life history strategies; Personality differences; State dependent dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY;

ANIMALIA; DARWINIA;

EID: 2942713843     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00618.x     Document Type: Review

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