Personality in captivity reflects personality in the wild

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 835-843

  Herborn, Katherine A ^a   Macleod, Ross ^a   Miles, Will T S ^a   Schofield, Anneka N B ^a   Alexander, Lucille ^b   Arnold, Kathryn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal personality; behavioural syndrome; blue tit; Cyanistes caeruleus; exploration; neophobia; risk responsiveness

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 77949492628     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.026     Document Type: Article

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