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Variation in personality and behavioural plasticity across four populations of the great tit Parus major.
The Journal of animal ecology - 1 Jan 2012
Dingemanse Niels J, Bouwman Karen M, van de Pol Martijn, van Overveld Thijs, Patrick Samantha C, Matthysen Erik, Quinn John L
Abstract excerpt
1. Interest in the evolutionary origin and maintenance of individual behavioural variation and behavioural plasticity has increased in recent years. 2. Consistent individual behavioural differences imply limited behavioural plasticity, but the proximate causes and wider consequences of this potential constraint remain poorly understood. To date, few attempts have been made to explore whether individual variation...
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