Are most samples of animals systematically biased? Consistent individual trait differences bias samples despite random sampling

Boldness, trappability and sampling bias in wild lizards

(2012) Alecia J. Carter et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Behavioural correlates of parasitism and reproductive success in male eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus

(2011) Lucy D. Patterson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Capture technique and fish personality: angling targets timid bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus

(2011) Alexander D.M. Wilson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Behavioural syndromes in Steller’s jays: the role of time frames in the assessment of behavioural traits

(2010) Pia O. Gabriel et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Estimating Population Growth Rate From Capture–Recapture Data in Presence of Capture Heterogeneity

(2010) Roger Pradel et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS

Personality, space use and tick load in an introduced population of Siberian chipmunksTamias sibiricus

(2010) Nelly Boyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Individual variation in behavioural plasticity: direct and indirect effects of boldness, exploration and sociability on habituation to predators in lizards

(2010) I. Rodriguez-Prieto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

VARIABILITY IN THE BEHAVIOUR OF WILD HOUSE MICE (MUS MUSCULUS L.) TOWARDS LIVE TRAPS

(2010) PETER CROWCROFT et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

Behavioural syndromes and trappability in free-living collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis

(2009) László Zsolt Garamszegi et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Bold minnows consistently approach danger in the field and lab in response to either chemical or visual indicators of predation risk

(2009) Adam F. A. Pellegrini et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Exploration of a novel space is associated with individual differences in learning speed in black-capped chickadees, Poecile atricapillus

(2009) Lauren M. Guillette et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

The development of animal personality: relevance, concepts and perspectives

(2009) Judy Stamps et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Boldness and Reproductive Fitness Correlates in the Eastern Mosquitofish, Gambusia holbrooki

(2009) Alexander D. M. Wilson et al.   ETHOLOGY

The Risk of Flawed Inference in Evolutionary Studies When Detectability Is Less than One

(2008) Olivier Gimenez et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES IMPROVE DNA-BASED MARK–RECAPTURE POPULATION ESTIMATES OF GRIZZLY BEARS

(2008) John Boulanger et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Personality, habitat use, and their consequences for survival in North American red squirrelsTamiasciurus hudsonicus

(2008) Adrienne K. Boon et al.   OIKOS

Energy metabolism and animal personality

(2008) V. Careau et al.   OIKOS

Is heterogeneity of catchability in capture–recapture studies a mere sampling artifact or a biologically relevant feature of the population?

(2008) Laurent Crespin et al.   POPULATION ECOLOGY

Rapid depletion of genotypes with fast growth and bold personality traits from harvested fish populations

(2008) P. A. Biro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Are animal personality traits linked to life-history productivity?

(2008) Peter A. Biro et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Sampling bias resulting from animal personality

(2008) Peter A. Biro et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Individual variation in endocrine systems: moving beyond the 'tyranny of the Golden Mean'

(2007) T. D Williams   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES