Contribution of genetics to the study of animal personalities: A review of case studies

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1185-1206

  Van Oers, Kees ^a,b   De Jong, Gerdien ^c   Van Noordwijk, Arie J ^b   Kempenaers, B ^a   Drent, Pieter J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndrome; Context dependence; Genotype environment interaction; Parus major; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative genetics; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 33645759103     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774539364     Document Type: Article

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