Sex-differences and temporal consistency in stickleback fish boldness

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  King, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Fürtbauer, Ines ^a   Mamuneas, Diamanto ^b   James, Charlotte ^b   Manica, Andrea ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATCH SELECTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; SMEGMAMORPHA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891848341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081116     Document Type: Article

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