Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1749, 2012, Pages 4885-4892

  Nicolaus, Marion ^a   Tinbergen, Joost M ^b   Bouwman, Karen M ^b   Michler, Stephanie P M ^c   Ubels, Richard ^b   Both, Christiaan ^b   Kempenaers, Bart ^a   Dingemanse, Niels J ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Swiss Ornithological Institute   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Asset protection; Life history trade offs; Parus major; Reproductive value; Risk taking behaviour

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84869122783     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1936     Document Type: Article

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