The meek inherit the earth: less aggressive wild mice are more successful in challenging situations

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/67985904:_____/14:00433850 RIV/00216224:14310/14:00094018
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12307" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12307</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bij.12307" target="_blank" >10.1111/bij.12307</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The meek inherit the earth: less aggressive wild mice are more successful in challenging situations
Original language description
Numerous studies have shown an association between aggressiveness and several other behavioural traits. For example, more aggressive animals were bold and active explorers tending to form persistent routines whereas less aggressive animals were shy, careful but more flexible. While the former are thought to be more successful under stable conditions the latter should have advantages in more dynamic situations. These differences can apply not only to individuals but also to populations, species or groupsof species with important implications to species distributions and speciation rates. Here we utilized the Morris water task (MWT) to investigate how two subspecies, Mus musculus musculus and M. m. domesticus, known to differ in aggressiveness, cope with stressful situations. We found that less aggressive musculus males performed significantly better in solving the MWT than more aggressive domesticus males. This suggests that M. m. musculus is more flexible and could be more successful
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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