A comparison of measures of boldness and their relationships to survival in young fish.

Boldness is the propensity of an animal to engage in risky behavior. Many variations of novel-object or novel-environment tests have been used to quantify the boldness of animals, although the relationship between test outcomes has rarely been investigated. Furthermore, the relationship of outcomes...

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Main Authors: James R White, Mark G Meekan, Mark I McCormick, Maud C O Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3712919?pdf=render