Characterizing behavioural 'characters': An evolutionary framework

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1776, 2013, Pages

  Araya Ajoy, Yimen G ^a   Dingemanse, Niels J ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural characters; Modularity; Personality; Plasticity; Psychology; Variance components

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890040794     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2645     Document Type: Article

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