Risk-taking behavior in the lesser wax moth: Disentangling within- and between-individual variation

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-264

  Cordes, Nils ^a   Schmoll, Tim ^a   Reinhold, Klaus ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achroia grisella; Developmental plasticity; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation; Repeatability; Sexual signaling

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MOTH; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SIGNALING;

ACHROIA GRISELLA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84872412471     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1445-x     Document Type: Article

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