Assessing Short- and Long-Term Repeatability and Stability of Personality in Captive Zebra Finches Using Longitudinal Data

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 932-942

  David, Morgan ^a,b   Auclair, Yannick ^a   Cézilly, Frank ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE POPULATION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE;

TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84865964671     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02085.x     Document Type: Article

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