The pace-of-life syndrome (POLS) hypothesis specifies that closely related species or
populations experiencing different ecological conditions should differ in a suite of metabolic, …

An exciting area in behavioural ecology focuses on understanding why animals exhibit
consistent among-individual differences in behaviour (animal personalities). Animal personality …

There is increasing interest in understanding the processes that maintain phenotypic
variation in groups, populations, or communities. Recent studies have investigated how the …

Several personality traits are mainly expressed in a social context, and others, which are not
restricted to a social context, can be affected by the social interactions with conspecifics. In …

The pace-of-life syndrome (ie, POLS) hypothesis posits that behavioral and physiological
traits mediate the trade-off between current and future reproduction. This hypothesis predicts …

Consistent individual behavioural differences in exploration, docility and boldness are often
correlated and are associated with differences in short-term neurophysiological responses …

The open-field test, which measures animal activity or distance covered by individuals
subjected to a novel arena, is used frequently in behaviour studies. Studies generally report …

Social interactions are ubiquitous across the animal kingdom. A variety of ecological and
evolutionary processes are dependent on social interactions, such as movement, disease …

According to the “pace-of-life syndrome” concept, slow-fast life-history strategies favored under
different ecological conditions should lead to co-adaptations between metabolic rate and …

… Predictors) while correcting for environmental effects (age, date, year, sex and trial order;
for details on the open-field test and individual differences in exploration see Montiglio et al. …