Search for dissertations about: "animal personality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words animal personality.

  2. 1. Mind & Well-being : The relationships between personality and health related pathology

    Author : Markus J. T. de Ruijter; Helgi B. Schiöth; Gull Rukh; Hui Xin Wang; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; personality; epidemiology; cardiovascular disease; well-being; job satisfaction; autism spectrum disorder; animal models;

    Abstract : The study of the associations between personality, lifestyle and health related pathology has revealed important associations. These include associations with physical health such as the onset of cardiovascular disease, but also with mental and emotional health such as depression or life satisfaction. READ MORE

  4. 2. Conservation, personality and ecology of the European mink (Mustela lutreola)

    Author : Marianne Haage; Bodil Elmhagen; Anders Angerbjörn; Kaarina Kauhala; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; European mink; Mustela lutreola; Conservation; Personality; Individual specialism; Diet; American mink; Neovison vison; Intraguild competition; zoologisk ekologi; Animal Ecology;

    Abstract : Loss of biodiversity is a growing problem and hence conservation of species is becoming increasingly important. In this dissertation conservation issues related to the critically endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola) are examined in situ (in the wild) and ex situ (in captivity) on both an individual and community level. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Problem of Partial Migration - the Case of the Blue Tit

    Author : Anna Nilsson; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Naturvetenskap; Natural science; Djurekologi; Animal ecology; Ekologi; Ecology; weather; personality; partial migration; metabolic rate; evolution of migration; dominance; Cyanistes caeruleus; climate change; blue tit; behavioural strategies; bird migration;

    Abstract : In the evolution of bird migration, partial migration is assumed to be an important intermediate step between migration and residency. Partial migration is characterised by the existence of both migratory and resident individuals in a given population. READ MORE

  6. 4. Individual variation in behaviour: personality and performance of brown trout in the wild

    Author : Bart Adriaenssens; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : behavioural syndromes; personality; life-history; boldness; hatchery; survival; growth; foraging; anti-predator behaviour; learning; brown trout;

    Abstract : Individuals from the same population often show very different behaviour. These differences, when consistent across time, are referred to as animal personality or behavioural syndromes. Explaining the occurrence of animal personality from an evolutionary perspective has however proven a difficult issue to tackle. READ MORE

  7. 5. Fibromyalgia syndrome in women - a stress disorder? : Neurobiological and hormonal aspects

    Author : Ulla Maria Anderberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurosciences; Fibromyalgia; stress; sex hormones; premenstrual syndrome; neuropeptides; personality; Neurovetenskap; Neurology; Neurologi; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

    Abstract : The FMS is almost exclusively a female disorder, as 90% of the patients struck by it are women. About 7% of all women in modern society have this disorder. READ MORE