Covariation between personalities and individual differences in coping with stress: Converging evidence and hypotheses

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 728-740

  Carere, Claudio ^a   Caramaschi, Doretta ^b   Fawcett, Tim W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agression; Animal personality; Coping style; Corticosterone; Fitness evolution; Glucocorticoids; Natural selection; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78649409176     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.6.728     Document Type: Article

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