Boldness by habituation and social interactions: A model

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 793-802

  Oosten, Johanneke E ^a   Magnhagen, Carin ^b   Hemelrijk, Charlotte K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Boldness; Personality; Social influences

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FEEDING; HABITUATION; PERCIFORM; PREDATOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77950525586     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0896-1     Document Type: Article

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