The roles of competition and environmental heterogeneity in the maintenance of behavioral variation and covariation

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1330-1339

  Dochtermann, Ned A ^a   Jenkins, Stephen H ^a   Swartz, Maryke J ^b   Hargett, Allison C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b San Diego Zoo   (United States)

^c Knoxville Zoological Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Behavioral syndromes; Competition; Dipodomys merriami; Environmental heterogeneity; Hot springs mountains; Merriam's kangaroo rats; Nevada; Trade offs; USA

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RODENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL SPRING; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIPODOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIPODOMYS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862271529     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1025.1     Document Type: Article

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