There is increasing interest in individual differences in animal behaviour. Recent research
now suggests that an individual's behaviour, once considered to be plastic, may be more …

Consistent individual behavioural tendencies, termed “personalities”, have been identified in
a wide range of animals. Functional explanations for personality have been proposed, but …

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

Fluctuations in abiotic and biotic conditions exist in almost all habitats (Dunlap, Loros, &
DeCoursey, 2004; Stevenson et al., 2015). Some fluctuations like the alternation between …

Telomeres are DNA structures that protect chromosome ends. However, telomeres shorten
during cell replication and at critically low lengths can reduce cell replicative potential …

The important role that mate choice plays in the lives of animals is matched by the large and
active research field dedicated to studying it. Researchers work on a wide range of species …

Background A central part of an animal's environment is its interactions with conspecifics.
There has been growing interest in the potential to capture these interactions in the form of a …

Sensory physiology has been shown to influence female mate choice, yet little is known
about the mechanisms within the brain that regulate this critical behaviour. Here we examine …

Sexual selection acting on male traits through female mate choice is commonly inferred from
female association preferences in dichotomous mate choice experiments. However, there …

Sexual conflict, the difference in preferred mating rates between the sexes, often leads to
sexually dimorphic morphologies, strategies, and behaviors. We are now beginning to …