Behavioural trait assortment in a social network: Patterns and implications

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1495-1503

  Croft, Darren P ^a,b   Krause, Jens ^c   Darden, Safi K ^a,b   Ramnarine, Indar W ^d   Faria, Jolyon J ^c   James, Richard ^e  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^e University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural phenotype; Co operation; Evolutionary graph theory; Guppy; Personality; Poecilia reticulata; Predator inspection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TELEOST; WILD POPULATION;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 70349990138     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0802-x     Document Type: Article

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