Disentangling the roles of frequency-vs. state-dependence in generating individual differences in behavioural plasticity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1254-1262

  Mathot, Kimberley J ^a   Van den Hout, Piet J ^b   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Kempenaers, Bart ^a   Réale, Denis ^d   Dingemanse, Niels J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti predation behaviour; Behavioural plasticity; Calidris canutus; Frequency dependent; Red knot; State dependent

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIGILANCE; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLYING; INDIVIDUALITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ESCAPE REACTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INDIVIDUALITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 80855148014     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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