Life-history trade-offs mediate 'personality' variation in two colour morphs of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 90-101

  Schuett, Wiebke ^a,b   Dall, Sasha R X ^c   Kloesener, Michaela H ^a   Baeumer, Jana ^a   Beinlich, Felix ^a   Eggers, Till ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndrome; Growth rate; Invertebrate; Lifetime reproductive success; Predation; Risk taking; State dependent behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; INVERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; APHID; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NYMPH; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; ESCAPE REACTION; FOOD CHAIN; NYMPH; PERSONALITY; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84919846048     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12263     Document Type: Article

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