Behavioural syndromes and structural and temporal consistency of behavioural traits in a social lizard

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-66

  Mcevoy, J ^a   While, G M ^a,b   Sinn, D L ^a,c   Carver, S ^a   Wapstra, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Behavioural plasticity; Behavioural syndromes; Correlated behaviours; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; LIZARD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SELECTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; EGERNIA WHITII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84928347824     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12217     Document Type: Article

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