The importance of wild populations in studies of animal temperament

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-160

  Archard, Gabrielle A ^a   Braithwaite, V A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental variation; Fitness; Personality; Phenotypic plasticity; Selection; Temperament; Wild populations

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FAUNISTICS; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954855366     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00714.x     Document Type: Review

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