How not to measure boldness: Novel object and antipredator responses are not the same in wild baboons

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 603-609

  Carter, Alecia J ^a,b   Marshall, Harry H ^b,c   Heinsohn, Robert ^a   Cowlishaw, Guy ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boldness; Chacma baboon; Coping style; Papio ursinus; Personality; Predator inspection

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PRIMATE; SNAKE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; BITIS ARIETANS; PAPIO; PAPIO URSINUS;

EID: 84865390250     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.015     Document Type: Article

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