Personality pace-of-life hypothesis: Testing genetic associations among personality and life history

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 935-941

  Niemelä, Petri T ^a,b   Dingemanse, Niels J ^c,d   Alioravainen, Nico ^a   Vainikka, Anssi ^a,b   Kortet, Raine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cellular immunity; encapsulation; genetic correlation; heritability; pace of life; personality.

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ENCAPSULATION; ENCOUNTER RATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; IMMUNITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS INTEGER;

EID: 84879097872     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art014     Document Type: Article

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