To boldly go: Individual differences in boldness influence migratory tendency

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 871-876

  Chapman, Ben B ^a   Hulthén, Kaj ^a   Blomqvist, David R ^a   Hansson, Lars Anders ^a   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a   Brodersen, Jakob ^c   Anders Nilsson, P ^a   Skov, Christian ^b   Brönmark, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecology; Boldness; Individual differences; Partial migration; Personality trait

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84931749080     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01648.x     Document Type: Article

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