Personality predicts individual responsiveness to the risks of starvation and predation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1735, 2012, Pages 1919-1926

  Quinn, J L ^a   Cole, E F ^a   Bates, J ^a   Payne, R W ^b   Cresswell, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VSN International   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history variation; Personality; Plasticity; Predation; Starvation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL VARIATION; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84859396796     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2227     Document Type: Article

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