Social experiences are strongly associated with individuals' health, aging, and survival in
many mammalian taxa, including humans. Despite their role as models of many other …

Consistent individual differences in behaviour (ie personality) can be explained in an
evolutionary context if they are favoured by life history trade‐offs as conceptualized in the …

Stable inter-individual differences in behaviour and personality have been studied for
several decades now. The aim of this study was to test the repeatability of behaviour of the …

Highlights•We present a meta-analysis for novel object tests and discuss different
practices.•Novel object tests efficiently quantify individual differences in behaviour.• …

Conclusions about the adaptive nature of repeatable variation in behavior (ie,“personality”)
are often derived from laboratory-based assays. However, the expression of genetic …

The pace‐of‐life syndrome hypothesis provides a framework for the adaptive integration of
behaviour, physiology and life history between and within species. It suggests that …

Animal personality, behavioural differences among individuals which are consistent through
time and contexts, is generally described by one or more traits. Different methods are used …

We aimed to investigate whether two closely related but socially distinct species of gerbils
differ in personality patterns. Using a suit of multivariate repeated assays (docility test, dark …

Consistency of animal personality traits is expected. Mounting evidence suggests that
animal personalities will change with time and major life events. Research into this …

The black rat (Rattus rattus) is a unique model for studying exploratory tactics due to its
enormous colonizing potential. Considerable behavioral variability and consistent …