Behavioural syndromes and social insects: Personality at multiple levels

Biological Reviews

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-67

  Jandt, Jennifer M ^a   Bengston, Sarah ^b   Pinter Wollman, Noa ^c   Pruitt, Jonathan N ^d   Raine, Nigel E ^e   Dornhaus, Anna ^b   Sih, Andrew ^f  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral syndromes; Behavioural carryover; Behavioural consistency; Behavioural types; Levels of organisation; Repeatability; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; INSECTS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84891659502     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12042     Document Type: Article

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