Melanin-based coloration predicts aggressiveness and boldness in captive eastern Hermann's tortoises

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 859-863

  Mafli, Alia ^a   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^b   Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity; Aggressiveness; Behavioural syndrome; Boldness; Coloration; Eurotestudo boettgeri; Exploration; Melanin; Personality; Tortoise

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADULT; AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; COLOR MORPH; CONSPECIFIC; MELANIN; SHELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 79952736797     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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