The adaptive value of personality differences revealed by small island population dynamics

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-22

  Camperio Ciani, Andrea S ^a   Capiluppi, Claudio ^b   Veronese, Antonio ^b   Sartori, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Personality traits; Selective emigration; Small islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847271824     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.595     Document Type: Article

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