Individual variation in behavioural responsiveness to humans leads to differences in breeding success and long-term population phenotypic changes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 317-325

  Arroyo, Beatriz ^a,b   Mougeot, François ^a   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c CNRS CEBC   (France)

Author keywords

Aggression; boldness; fitness; long term studies; Montagu s harrier; personality; phenotypic change; plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SHYNESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; FRANCE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; REPRODUCTION; RISK-TAKING; SHYNESS;

EID: 85010500345     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12729     Document Type: Letter

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