Intraindividual variability of boldness is repeatable across contexts in a wild lizard

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Highcock, Laura ^a   Carter, Alecia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BOLDNESS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLIGHT; INDIVIDUALITY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; FLYING; NAMIBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INDIVIDUALITY; LIZARDS; NAMIBIA; SEASONS;

EID: 84899639859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095179     Document Type: Article

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