Boldness as a consistent personality trait in the noble crayfish, Astacus astacus

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-25

  Vainikka, Anssi ^a   Rantala, Markus J ^b   Niemelä, Petri ^a   Hirvonen, Heikki ^c   Kortet, Raine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behaviour; Behavioural syndrome; Decapoda; Domestication effect; Life history; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; ASTACUS ASTACUS; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS;

EID: 79952447641     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-010-0086-1     Document Type: Article

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