Migratory and resident blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus differ in their reaction to a novel object

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 981-985

  Nilsson, Anna L K ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^b   Alerstam, Thomas ^b   Bäckman, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Approach time to novel object; Behavioural response; Coping strategy; Migration; Partial migration; Personality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COPING STRATEGY; FITNESS; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASSERINE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; SWEDEN; WING;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 78650193969     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0714-7     Document Type: Article

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