Individual differences in the behavioural responses of meadow voles to an unfamiliar environment are not correlated with variation in resting metabolic rate

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-205

  Timonin, M E ^a   Carriere C J ^a   Dudych, A D ^a   Latimer, J G W ^a   Unruh, S T ^a   Willis, C K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; CIDs in behaviour; Metabolism; Personality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; METABOLISM; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 79959542948     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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