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 …

Evolutionary background for stress-coping styles: relationships between physiological, behavioral, and cognitive traits in non-mammalian vertebrates

Ø Øverli, C Sørensen, KGT Pulman, TG Pottinger… - Neuroscience & …, 2007 - Elsevier
Reactions to stress vary between individuals, and physiological and behavioral responses
tend to be associated in distinct suites of correlated traits, often termed stress-coping styles …

Scototaxis as anxiety-like behavior in fish

C Maximino, T Marques de Brito, CAGM Dias… - Nature protocols, 2010 - nature.com
The scototaxis (dark/light preference) protocol is a behavioral model for fish that is being
validated to assess the antianxiety effects of pharmacological agents and the behavioral …

How animals communicate quality of life: the qualitative assessment of behaviour

F Wemelsfelder - Animal welfare, 2007 - cambridge.org
The notion 'quality of life'(QoL) suggests that welfare in animals encompasses more than just
an absence of suffering; it concerns the quality of an animal's entire relationship with its …

Personality in captivity reflects personality in the wild

KA Herborn, R Macleod, WTS Miles, ANB Schofield… - Animal Behaviour, 2010 - Elsevier
To investigate the ecological significance of personality, researchers generally measure
behavioural traits in captivity. Whether behaviour in captivity is analogous to behaviour in …

A methodological review of personality-related studies in fish: focus on the shy-bold axis of behavior

CN Toms, DJ Echevarria… - International Journal of …, 2010 - escholarship.org
Personality research has begun to take hold in the animal kingdom as psychologists turn to
animal models to investigate various aspects of personality. Similarly, behavioral ecologists …

Relevance of brain and behavioural lateralization to animal welfare

LJ Rogers - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2010 - Elsevier
The left and right sides of the brain are specialised to process information in different ways
and to control different categories of behaviour. Research on a range of species has shown …

Boldness and behavioral syndromes in the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

ADM Wilson, JGJ Godin - Behavioral Ecology, 2009 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, evidence for interindividual variation in “personality” within animal
populations has been accumulating. Personality is defined as consistency in an individual's …

Behavioral syndromes and the evolution of correlated behavior in zebrafish

JA Moretz, EP Martins, BD Robison - Behavioral ecology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Studies of “behavioral syndromes” in different populations and species of animals can be
used to shed light on the underlying mechanisms of evolution. For example, some …

Picking personalities apart: estimating the influence of predation, sex and body size on boldness in the guppy Poecilia reticulata

S Harris, IW Ramnarine, HG Smith, LB Pettersson - Oikos, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Predation is a strong selective force in most natural systems, potentially fueling evolutionary
changes in prey morphology, life history and behaviour. Recent work has suggested that …