Experimental evidence that adult antipredator behaviour is heritable and not influenced by behavioural copying in a wild bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1732, 2012, Pages 1380-1388

  Bize, Pierre ^a   Diaz, Claris ^b,c   Lindström, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Behavioural syndromes; Cross fostering experiment; Personality; Tachymarptis melba

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; APUS MELBA; AVES;

EID: 84857530419     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1789     Document Type: Article

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