Consistent inter-individual variation in behaviour within a population, widely referred to as
personality variation, can be affected by environmental context. Feedbacks between an …

Highlights•Aggressive mimicry behaviour varies between individuals in a butter hamlet
population.•This variation is correlated with interindividual differences in territoriality.•In …

Boldness, a measure of an individual's propensity for taking risks, is an important
determinant of fitness but is not necessarily a fixed trait. Dependent upon an individual's …

Boldness refers to the extent to which animals balance risk against benefits when engaging
in such behaviors as foraging, exploration or resource competition. Evidence suggests that …

The streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri, exhibits ineffective antipredator behavior
(high emergence rate from refuge, and high activity while out of refuge) and thus suffers …

The effect of divergent natural selection on the evolution of behavioral traits has long been a
focus of behavioral ecologists. Predation, due to its ubiquity in nature and strength as a …

Differences in boldness are common between populations or between related species and
are discussed as part of individual coping style, personality, or behavioral syndrome …

Several species of aquatic organisms release chemical cues upon detecting predators.
These chemicals may serve to'warn'nearby conspecifics of the predator and hence have …

Boldness is closely related to fish species' adaptative strategies and invasiveness and has
become the focus of fish personality research. However, due to the lack of studies on …

This study investigated behavioral syndromes, which are defined as correlations between
behaviors. Behavioral syndromes can lead to the unintentional alteration of a wide range of …