Defensive and social aggression: Repeatable but independent

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 457-461

  Blumstein, Daniel T ^a,b   Petelle, Matthew B ^a   Wey, Tina W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Defensive behavior; Personality traits; Social network; Yellow bellied marmots

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS;

EID: 84876585733     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars183     Document Type: Article

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