Scale and state dependence of the relationship between personality and dispersal in a great tit population

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 918-928

  Quinn, John L ^a   Cole, Ella F ^a   Patrick, Samantha C ^a,b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndrome; Dispersal; Emigration; Great tit; Immigration; Personality; State

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HERITABILITY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SCALE EFFECT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PERSONALITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PERSONALITY; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 79960843393     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01835.x     Document Type: Article

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