Animal personality and behavioral syndromes in amphibians: a review of the evidence, experimental approaches, and implications for conservation

Integrating social networks, animal personalities, movement ecology and parasites: a framework with examples from a lizard

(2018) Andrew Sih et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Personality effects on spatial learning: Comparisons between visual conditions in a weakly electric fish

(2017) Kyriacos Kareklas et al.   ETHOLOGY

Assessing personality in San Joaquin kit fox in situ: efficacy of field-based experimental methods and implications for conservation management

(2017) Samantha Bremner-Harrison et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

The North American bullfrog draft genome provides insight into hormonal regulation of long noncoding RNA

(2017) S. Austin Hammond et al.   Nature Communications

Mating status correlates with dorsal brightness in some but not all poison frog populations

(2017) Corinna E. Dreher et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Is the behavioural divergence between range-core and range-edge populations of cane toads ( Rhinella marina ) due to evolutionary change or developmental plasticity?

(2017) Jodie Gruber et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Visualizing Phonotactic Behavior of Female Frogs in Darkness

(2017) Ikkyu Aihara et al.   Scientific Reports

Multiple cues produced by a robotic fish modulate aggressive behaviour in Siamese fighting fishes

(2017) Donato Romano et al.   Scientific Reports

Shy is sometimes better: personality and juvenile body mass affect adult reproductive success in wild boars, Sus scrofa

(2016) Sebastian G. Vetter et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Multimodal signaling improves mating success in the green tree frog (Hyla cinerea), but may not help small males

(2016) Krispen L. Laird et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Prevalence and Seasonality of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Along Widely Separated Longitudes Across the United States

(2016) Christopher E. Petersen et al.   EcoHealth

Locomotor endurance predicts differences in realized dispersal between sympatric sexual and unisexual salamanders

(2016) Robert D. Denton et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The influence of spatiotemporal conditions and personality on survival in reintroductions–evolutionary implications

(2016) Marianne Haage et al.   OECOLOGIA

Sophisticated Communication in the Brazilian Torrent Frog Hylodes japi

(2016) Fábio P. de Sá et al.   PLoS One

Animal personalities and their implications for complex signaling

(2016) Nicholas Dirienzo et al.   Current Zoology

Parental care is beneficial for offspring, costly for mothers, and limited by family size in an egg-feeding frog

(2015) Matthew B. Dugas et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Amphibians and conservation breeding programmes: do all threatened amphibians belong on the ark?

(2015) Benjamin Tapley et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Personality over ontogeny in zebra finches: long-term repeatable traits but unstable behavioural syndromes

(2015) Yvonne Wuerz et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Sexual differences in exploration behavior in Xenopus tropicalis?

(2015) M. Videlier et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

HEALTH-SCREENING PROTOCOLS FOR VINACEOUS AMAZONS (AMAZONA VINACEA) IN A REINTRODUCTION PROJECT

(2015) André B. S. Saidenberg et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE

Behavioural consistency and life history of Rana dalmatina tadpoles

(2015) Tamás János Urszán et al.   OECOLOGIA

Whole-genome sequence of the Tibetan frogNanorana parkeriand the comparative evolution of tetrapod genomes

(2015) Yan-Bo Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Animal personality and state–behaviour feedbacks: a review and guide for empiricists

(2015) Andrew Sih et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

No personality without experience? A test onRana dalmatinatadpoles

(2015) Tamás J. Urszán et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Breeding and parental behaviour in the glass frogCentrolene savagei(Anura: Centrolenidae)

(2014) Fernando Vargas-Salinas et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Exploration syndromes in the frogXenopus (Silurana) tropicalis: correlations with morphology and performance?

(2014) M. Videlier et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Individual (Co)variation in Standard Metabolic Rate, Feeding Rate, and Exploratory Behavior in Wild-Caught Semiaquatic Salamanders

(2014) Matthew E. Gifford et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Evaluating Group Housing Strategies for the Ex-Situ Conservation of Harlequin Frogs (Atelopus spp.) Using Behavioral and Physiological Indicators

(2014) Shawna J. Cikanek et al.   PLoS One

Impact of Plant Cover on Fitness and Behavioural Traits of Captive Red-Eyed Tree Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas)

(2014) Christopher J. Michaels et al.   PLoS One

Invasive Cane Toads: Social Facilitation Depends upon an Individual’s Personality

(2014) Edna González-Bernal et al.   PLoS One

The contribution of additive genetic variation to personality variation: heritability of personality

(2014) N. A. Dochtermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Defaunation in the Anthropocene

(2014) R. Dirzo et al.   SCIENCE

Personality predicts the propensity for social learning in a wild primate

(2014) Alecia J. Carter et al.   PeerJ

Predictive Models for Calling and Movement Activity of the Endangered Houston Toad

(2013) Donald J. Brown et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

Behavioral type–environment correlations in the field: a study of three-spined stickleback

(2013) Simon Pearish et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

No evidence of selection by predators on tadpole boldness

(2013) Bradley E. Carlson et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Consistent behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes in pairs of the false clown anemonefishAmphiprion ocellaris

(2013) M. Y. L. Wong et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Personality Traits Are Expressed in Bullfrog Tadpoles during Open-Field Trials

(2013) Bradley E. Carlson et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Parental provisioning behaviour plays a key role in linking personality with reproductive success

(2013) A. Mutzel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Boldness towards novelty and translocation success in captive-raised, orphaned Tasmanian devils

(2013) David L. Sinn et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Hot bodies protect amphibians against chytrid infection in nature

(2013) Jodi J. L. Rowley et al.   Scientific Reports

Personality affects learning performance in difficult tasks in a sex-dependent way

(2012) Mieke Titulaer et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Individual and among-population variation in dispersal-related traits in Natterjack toads

(2012) Joke Maes et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Personality and metamorphosis: is behavioral variation consistent across ontogenetic niche shifts?

(2012) Alexander D. M. Wilson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Personality trait differences between mainland and island populations in the common frog (Rana temporaria)

(2012) Tomas Brodin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Animal personality: what are behavioural ecologists measuring?

(2012) Alecia J. Carter et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Vocal and territorial behavior in the Smith frog (Hypsiboas faber): Relationships with plasma levels of corticosterone and testosterone

(2012) Vania Regina de Assis et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Ecological implications of behavioural syndromes

(2012) Andrew Sih et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

MAINTENANCE OF GENETIC VARIATION IN HUMAN PERSONALITY: TESTING EVOLUTIONARY MODELS BY ESTIMATING HERITABILITY DUE TO COMMON CAUSAL VARIANTS AND INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF DISTANT INBREEDING

(2012) Karin J.H. Verweij et al.   EVOLUTION

Behavioral and physiological female responses to male sex ratio bias in a pond-breeding amphibian

(2012) Kristine L Grayson et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Quantifying individual variation in behaviour: mixed-effect modelling approaches

(2012) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Temporal Patterns of Reproductive Activity and Site Attachment of the Brilliant-Thighed FrogAllobates femoralisfrom Central Amazonia

(2012) Igor L. Kaefer et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Simple minds: a qualified defence of associative learning

(2012) C. Heyes   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Performance, Personality, and Energetics: Correlation, Causation, and Mechanism

(2012) Vincent Careau et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Metamorphosis and animal personality: a neglected opportunity

(2012) Alexander D.M. Wilson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Animal personalities: consequences for ecology and evolution

(2012) Max Wolf et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Pairs of zebra finches with similar ‘personalities’ make better parents

(2011) Wiebke Schuett et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Sound imaging of nocturnal animal calls in their natural habitat

(2011) Takeshi Mizumoto et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Behavioural syndromes in fishes: a review with implications for ecology and fisheries management

(2011) J. L. Conrad et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Infectious personalities: behavioural syndromes and disease risk in larval amphibians

(2011) J. Koprivnikar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Interactive robots in experimental biology

(2011) Jens Krause et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Can behavioral and personality traits influence the success of unintentional species introductions?

(2011) David G. Chapple et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Successful use of a passive integrated transponder (PIT) system for below-ground detection of plethodontid salamanders

(2011) Grant M. Connette et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Turgid female toads give males the slip: a new mechanism of female mate choice in the Anura

(2010) B. Bruning et al.   Biology Letters

Vibrational Signaling in the Agonistic Interactions of Red-Eyed Treefrogs

(2010) Michael S. Caldwell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The response to the social environment reveals sex-dependent behavioural syndromes in the Bosca’s newt (Lissotriton boscai)

(2010) Pedro Aragón   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Personality-dependent dispersal: characterization, ontogeny and consequences for spatially structured populations

(2010) J. Cote et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary genomics of animal personality

(2010) K. van Oers et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Applying a quantitative genetics framework to behavioural syndrome research

(2010) N. A. Dochtermann et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Parasitism and the evolutionary ecology of animal personality

(2010) I. Barber et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolutionary and ecological approaches to the study of personality

(2010) D. Reale et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Acute stressors increase plasma corticosterone and decrease locomotor activity in a terrestrial salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus)

(2010) Lauren F. Ricciardella et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Personality traits and dispersal tendency in the invasive mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis)

(2010) J. Cote et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Genome of the Western Clawed Frog Xenopus tropicalis

(2010) U. Hellsten et al.   SCIENCE

Do consistent individual differences in metabolic rate promote consistent individual differences in behavior?

(2010) Peter A. Biro et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Predator-recognition training: a conservation strategy to increase postrelease survival of hellbenders in head-starting programs

(2010) Adam L. Crane et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Temporal variability, threat sensitivity and conflicting information about the nature of risk: understanding the dynamics of tadpole antipredator behaviour

(2009) Maud C.O. Ferrari et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The repeatability of behaviour: a meta-analysis

(2009) Alison M. Bell et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Effects of social environment and personality on communication in male Siamese fighting fish in an artificial network

(2009) Giuliano Matessi et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Repeatable behavioural type and stable dominance rank in the bluefin killifish

(2009) Katie E. McGhee et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The ghost of predation future: threat-sensitive and temporal assessment of risk by embryonic woodfrogs

(2009) Maud C. O. Ferrari et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Sexual selection and animal personality

(2009) Wiebke Schuett et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

GOOD GENES DRIVE FEMALE CHOICE FOR MATING PARTNERS IN THE LEK-BREEDING EUROPEAN TREEFROG

(2009) Julie Jaquiéry et al.   EVOLUTION

Review of Aquatic Sex Pheromones and Chemical Communication in Anurans

(2009) Rachelle M. Belanger et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Burrow Use and Survival of Newly Metamorphosed Gopher Frogs (Rana capito)

(2009) Elizabeth A. Roznik et al.   JOURNAL OF HERPETOLOGY

Small within-day increases in temperature affects boldness and alters personality in coral reef fish

(2009) P. A. Biro et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Are fast explorers slow reactors? Linking personality type and anti-predator behaviour

(2009) K. A. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cultural learning of predator recognition in mixed-species assemblages of frogs: the effect of tutor-to-observer ratio

(2008) Maud C.O. Ferrari et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Behavioral syndrome over the boundaries of life—carryovers from larvae to adult damselfly

(2008) Tomas Brodin   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Fitness consequences of personality: a meta-analysis

(2008) Brian R. Smith et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Captive Breeding, Reintroduction, and the Conservation of Amphibians

(2008) RICHARD A. GRIFFITHS et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Innate and Learned Predator Recognition Mediated by Chemical Signals in Eurycea nana

(2008) Kristen J. Epp et al.   ETHOLOGY

FITNESS CONSEQUENCES OF PARENTAL COMPATIBILITY IN THE FROGCRINIA GEORGIANA

(2008) Martin A. Dziminski et al.   EVOLUTION

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

Are we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians

(2008) D. B. Wake et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Learning by embryos and the ghost of predation future

(2008) A. Mathis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

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