Exposure to predation generates personality in threespined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Article first published online: 12 JUL 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01081.x
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Bell, A. M. and Sih, A. (2007), Exposure to predation generates personality in threespined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Ecology Letters, 10: 828–834. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01081.x
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- Issue published online: 27 JUL 2007
- Article first published online: 12 JUL 2007
- Editor, Jean Clobert Manuscript received 2 April 2007 First decision made 9 May 2007 Manuscript accepted 18 May 2007
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