Personality traits in wild starlings: Exploration behavior and environmental sensitivity

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 830-837

  Minderman, Jeroen ^a   Reid, Jane M ^b   Evans, Peter G H ^c   Whittingham, Mark J ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Behavioral syndromes; Coping styles; Fair Isle; Routine formation; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 67651108831     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp067     Document Type: Article

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