Linking behavioural syndromes and cognition: A behavioural ecology perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1603, 2012, Pages 2762-2772

  Sih, Andrew ^a   Del Giudice, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal personalities; Behavioural syndromes; Cognition; Speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84865436678     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0216     Document Type: Review

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