Personality in the wild zebra finch: Exploration, sociality, and reproduction

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 735-746

  McCowan, Luke S C ^a   Mainwaring, Mark C ^a   Prior, Nora H ^b   Griffith, Simon C ^a,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exploratory behavior; Fitness; Novel environment; Reproduction; Sociability

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FITNESS; MODEL TEST; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 84941616606     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru239     Document Type: Article

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