Recent studies suggest that populations and species often exhibit behavioral syndromes;
that is, suites of correlated behaviors across situations. An example is an aggression …

ABSTRACT A behavioral syndrome is a suite of correlated behaviors expressed either
within a given behavioral context (eg, correlations between foraging behaviors in different …

The study of nonhuman personality capitalizes on the fact that individuals of many species
behave in predictable, variable, and quantifiable ways. Although a few empirical studies …

Why do males and females frequently differ so markedly in body size and morphology? Sex,
Size, and Gender Roles is the first book to investigate the genetic, developmental, and …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides insights for behavioral ecology from behavioral
syndromes. A behavioral syndrome involves behavioral consistency, both within and …

Nuptial feeding encompasses any form of nutrient transfer from the male to the female
during or directly after courtship and/or copulation. In insects, nuptial gifts may take the form …

A behavioural syndrome occurs when individuals behave in a consistent way through time
or across contexts and is analogous to 'personality'or 'temperament'. Interest is accumulating …

Animals in urban habitats are often noticeably bold in the presence of humans. Such
boldness may arise due to habituation, as urban animals learn, through repeated exposure …

▪ Abstract Cannibalism among generalist predators has implications for the dynamics of
terrestrial food webs. Spiders are common, ubiquitous arthropod generalist predators in …

Decisions regarding flight initiation distance have received scant theoretical attention. A
graphical model by Ydenberg and Dill (1986. The economics of fleeing from predators. Adv …