Defining behavioural syndromes and the role of 'syndrome deviation' in understanding their evolution

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1543-1548

  Dingemanse, Niels J ^a,b   Dochtermann, Ned A ^c   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Behavioural syndrome; Correlational selection; Mixed effect modelling; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CORRELATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84867671660     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1416-2     Document Type: Article

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