Shaping the antipredator strategy: Flexibility, consistency, and behavioral correlations under varying predation threat

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1148-1156

  David, Morgan ^a   Salignon, Marion ^a   Perrot Minnot, Marie Jeanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

behavioral syndrome; boldness; crustacean; Gammarus fossarum; intraindividual variability; multiple trait; personality.

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CRUSTACEAN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK;

CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM;

EID: 84908125862     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru101     Document Type: Article

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