Testing for the presence of coping styles in a wild mammal

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1385-1396

  Ferrari, Caterina ^a,b   Pasquaretta, Cristian ^c   Carere, Claudio ^d   Cavallone, Elena ^e   von Hardenberg, Achaz ^b   Réale, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Gran Paradiso National Park ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breathing rate; Cortisol; Docility; Heart rate; MCMCglmm; Open field test; Personality; Variance components

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MAMMAL; NEUROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

MAMMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA; MARMOTA MARMOTA MARMOTA;

EID: 84879263138     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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