Using repeatability to study physiological and behavioural traits: Ignore time-related change at your peril

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-230

  Biro, Peter A ^a   Stamps, Judy A ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndromes; Metabolism; Mixed models; Personality; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930200137     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.04.008     Document Type: Note

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