Using average autonomy to test whether behavioral syndromes constrain evolution

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 691-700

  Brommer, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Behavioral syndrome; Evolutionary constraint; Mixed model; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84896085850     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1699-6     Document Type: Article

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