Personality traits in resident and migratory warbler species

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1357-1375

  Mettke Hofmann, C ^a   Ebert, C ^b   Schmidt, T ^c   Steiger, S ^d   Stieb, S ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Context specificity; Exploration; Neophilia; Neophobia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 33748950822     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853905774539427     Document Type: Article

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