Personality predicts behavioral flexibility in a fluctuating, natural environment

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1374-1379

  Herborn, Katherine A ^a   Heidinger, Britt J ^b   Alexander, Lucille ^c   Arnold, Kathryn E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavioral plasticity; Cyanistes caeruleus; environmental change; exploration; neophobia; starvation risk

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 84913528293     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru131     Document Type: Article

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