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 …

Sexual dimorphism in behaviour and personality has been identified in a number of species,
but few studies have assessed the extent of shared genetic architecture across the sexes …

In studies of consistent individual differences (personality) along the bold-shy continuum, a
pattern of behavioral correlations frequently emerges: individuals towards the bold end of …

Highlights•We examined the link between behaviour, physiology and habitat health in
crabs.•Crab behaviour was dependent on the interaction between habitat quality and …

Within aquatic ecosystems, chemosensory cues provide valuable public information
regarding the form and degree of risk, allowing prey to make informed behavioural …

The effect of two environmental variables, hunger level (fed or not fed before behavioural
assays) and time of day (morning or afternoon), on the boldness and aggressiveness of …

There are significant individual differences in response to alcohol: some people seem to
exhibit higher alcohol sensitivity, while others are more resistant. These differences are …

Animal groups are often nonrandom assemblages of individuals that tend to be assorted by
factors such as sex, body size, relatedness and familiarity. Laboratory studies using fish …

Animal personality or temperament refers to individual differences in behaviour that are
repeatable over time and across contexts. Personality has been linked to life-history traits …

Highlights•A desert-dwelling fish shows population divergence in multiple temperament
traits.•Two measures of boldness (neophilia and refuge emergence) diverge independently.• …