Plasticity, state-dependency, and individual consistency in Canada goose nest defense behavior

Volume: 73, Issue: 5
Published: Apr 30, 2019
Abstract
Animals are thought to adjust the intensity of their parental defense to fitness benefits associated with their current reproduction. They should be more defensive when they breed early in the season, when they produce more young, or as their young get older. Beyond these plastic changes, associations among traits could be explained by consistent among-individual differences. Separating the mechanisms at the origin of behavioral phenotypic...
Paper Details
Title
Plasticity, state-dependency, and individual consistency in Canada goose nest defense behavior
Published Date
Apr 30, 2019
Volume
73
Issue
5
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