Food, sex and predators: Animal personality persists with multidimensional plasticity across complex environments

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-116

  Dosmann, Andy ^a   Mateo, Jill M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Antipredator behaviour; Behavioural plasticity; Ground squirrel; Multidimensional plasticity; Urocitellus beldingi

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMPLEXITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; RODENT;

EID: 84897667367     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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