Selection and Evolutionary Explanations for the Maintenance of Personality Differences

The Evolution of Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Réale, Denis ^a   Dingemanse, Niels J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Evolutionary scenarios; Human personality; Individual differences; Personality traits; Selectionist approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921555636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195372090.003.0014     Document Type: Chapter

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