Among-year variation in the repeatability, within- and between-individual, and phenotypic correlations of behaviors in a natural population

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2005-2017

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Markó, Gábor ^b,c   Szász, Eszter ^b   Zsebők, Sándor ^b   Azcárate, Manuel ^d   Herczeg, Gábor ^b   Török, János ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Operációkutatás és Aktuáriustudományok Tanszék docense   (Hungary)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boldness; Effect size; Flight initiation distance; Personality; Phenotypic correlation; Temperament

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CORRELATION; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; META-ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 84958042540     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-2012-z     Document Type: Article

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