Animal personalities: consequences for ecology and evolution

M Wolf, FJ Weissing - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2012 - cell.com
Personality differences are a widespread phenomenon throughout the animal kingdom. Past
research has focused on the characterization of such differences and a quest for their …

Behavioural syndromes in fishes: a review with implications for ecology and fisheries management

JL Conrad, KL Weinersmith, T Brodin… - Journal of fish …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This review examines the contribution of research on fishes to the growing field of
behavioural syndromes. Current knowledge of behavioural syndromes in fishes is reviewed …

Fish behavioral types and their ecological consequences

GG Mittelbach, NG Ballew… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - cdnsciencepub.com
Fish have proven to be model organisms for the study of animal personalities, and a rich
literature documents consistent interindividual behavioral differences in a variety of species …

Interspecific variation in fear responses predicts urbanization in birds

AP Møller - Behavioral Ecology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Urbanization and domestication share features in terms of characters that are favored by
selection. These include loss of fear of humans, reduced corticosterone levels, prolonged …

Natural selection, plasticity and the emergence of a behavioural syndrome in the wild

B Adriaenssens, JI Johnsson - Ecology letters, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals often show consistent behavioural differences where behaviours can form
integrated units across functionally different contexts. However, the factors causing and …

Personality predicts social dominance in female zebra finches, Taeniopygia guttata, in a feeding context

M David, Y Auclair, F Cézilly - Animal Behaviour, 2011 - Elsevier
Although personality has been defined as a suite of correlated behaviours, most studies of
animal personality actually consider correlations between a few traits. We examined the …

To boldly go where no goby has gone before: boldness, dispersal tendency, and metabolism at the invasion front

E Myles-Gonzalez, G Burness, S Yavno… - Behavioral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The successful establishment and expansion of invasive species may be linked to the
behavior and dispersal tendency of individuals within an introduced population. To test the …

Repeatability and reliability of exploratory behavior in proactive and reactive zebrafish, Danio rerio

MR Baker, AC Goodman, JB Santo, RY Wong - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Behavioral responses to novel situations often vary and can belong to a suite of correlated
behaviors. Characteristic behaviors of different personality types (eg stress coping styles) …

Behavioral syndromes break down in urban song sparrow populations

J Scales, J Hyman, M Hughes - Ethology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Animals in urban habitats face a number of unique stresses, including the necessity of
dealing with high levels of human activity. Growing research suggests that:(1) inherent traits …

A meta-analysis of correlated behaviours with implications for behavioural syndromes: mean effect size, publication bias, phylogenetic effects and the role of mediator …

LZ Garamszegi, G Markó, G Herczeg - Evolutionary Ecology, 2012 - Springer
In evolutionary and behavioural ecology, increasing attention is being paid to the fact that
functionally distinct behaviours are often not independent from each other. Such …