Search for dissertations about: "behavioural syndrome"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words behavioural syndrome.

2. 1. The pace of life of juvenile brown trout – inter- and intra-individual variation in growth and behaviour

   Author : Joacim Näslund; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; behavioural syndrome; compensatory growth; growth rate; mortality; salmo trutta; pace-of-life syndrome; state-dependent behaviour; trade-off;

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4. 2. From wolf to dog: Behavioural evolution during domestication

   Author : Christina Hansen Wheat; Hans Temrin; Clive Wynne; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Domestication syndrome; behavioural evolution; behaviorual ontogeny; correlated traits; sociability; playfulness; aggression; fear; Canis familiaris; Canis lupus; artificial selection; etologi; Ethology;

   Abstract : Biologists since Darwin have recognized that domestication, where species are selected to live in human-controlled environments, exerts strong selection on organisms and dramatically impacts their evolutionary trajectories. Across domesticated mammal species, characteristic morphological, physiological and behavioural changes occur simultaneously, as correlated traits, a phenomenon known as the domestication syndrome. READ MORE

5. 3. Behavioural, physiological and morphological correlates of life-history in killifishes − a macroevolutionary approach

   Author : Simon Eckerström-Liedholm; Alejandro Gonzalez Voyer; Björn Rogell; Alastair Wilson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; brain size evolution; comparative analysis; life-history continuum; risk-taking behaviour; sexual selection; trade-offs; etologi; Ethology;

   Abstract : Life-histories commonly evolve along a continuum from short-lived and fecund, to long-lived and less fecund. Because life-history traits are mostly components of reproduction and survival, understanding the causes and consequences of life-history variation is at the core of evolutionary biology. READ MORE

6. 4. Food choice in fallow deer – experimental studies of selectivity

   Author : Ulrika Alm Bergvall; Olof Leimar; Frederick D. Provenza; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; behavioural syndrome; neighbour contrast defence; neighbour contrast susceptibility; simultaneous negative contrast; plant secondary compounds; tannins; Ethology and behavioural ecology; Etologi och beteendeekologi; etologi; Ethology;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I experimentally investigate feeding selectivity in fallow deer (Dama dama), with respect to plant secondary compounds, especially tannins, which can decrease the quality of foods. I found that fallow deer avoided foods with higher amounts of tannic acid and Quebracho tannin, even though the deer ate some high-tannin food. READ MORE

7. 5. Asperger Syndrome: Social functioning in relation to behavioural and cognitive traits from infancy to young adulthood

   Author : Petra Dewrang; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Asperger syndrome; attention; early diagnosis; executive function; parental concern; repetitive behaviour; self-perception; social cognition;

   Abstract : Asperger syndrome: Social functioning in relation to behavioural and cognitive traits from infancy to young adulthood. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder within the autism spectrum and it is a lifelong disability that affects life in an amount of aspects. READ MORE