Individual behavioural consistency and plasticity in an urban spider

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 197-204

  Kralj Fišer, Simona ^a,b   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavioural polymorphism; Behavioural syndrome; Frequency dependent selection; Heritability; Personality

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERITABILITY; HOLARCTIC REGION; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; SPIDER; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LARINIOIDES SCLOPETARIUS;

EID: 84862638369     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.04.032     Document Type: Article

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