Wildlife conservation and animal temperament: Causes and consequences of evolutionary change for captive, reintroduced, and wild populations

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-48

  McDougall, Peter T ^a,e   Reale D ^b   Sol, D ^a,c   Reader, S M ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal temperament; Captivity; Contemporary evolution; Personality; Reintroductions; Shy bold

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION; REINTRODUCTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644793727     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2005.00004.x     Document Type: Review

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