Animal personality as a cause and consequence of contest behaviour

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Briffa, Mark ^a   Sneddon, Lynne U ^b   Wilson, Alastair J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Contest; Fight; Personality; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONTEST COMPETITION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; PLASTIC;

ANIMALIA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; PERSONALITY;

EID: 84939623921     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.1007     Document Type: Article

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