Genetic correlation between behavioural traits in relation to death-feigning behaviour

Population Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 329-335

  Nakayama, Satoshi ^a   Nishi, Yusuke ^a,b   Miyatake, Takahisa ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okayama Prefectural Agricultural Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity; Anti predator behaviour; Behavioural syndrome; Thanatosis; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM;

EID: 77950458201     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0188-7     Document Type: Article

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