Personality and plasticity: Temporal behavioural reaction norms in a lizard, the Namibian rock agama

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 471-477

  Carter, Alecia ^a   Goldizen, Anne ^b   Heinsohn, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agama planiceps; Behavioural syndrome; Boldness; Environmental variability; Namibian rock agama; Personality; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LIZARD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNALING; WILD POPULATION;

AGAMA; AGAMA PLANICEPS; ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84864145880     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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