Differences in resource acquisition, not allocation, mediate the relationship between behaviour and fitness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Meta‐analysis shows the evidence for context‐dependent mating behaviour is inconsistent or weak across animals

(2021) Liam R. Dougherty   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta‐analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension

(2021) Rose E. O'Dea et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Meta-analysis reveals that animal sexual signalling behaviour is honest and resource based

(2021) Liam R. Dougherty   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Reproductive aging and pace-of-life syndromes: more active females age faster

(2021) Chang S Han et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The Orchard Plot: Cultivating a Forest Plot for Use in Ecology, Evolution and Beyond

(2020) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Research Synthesis Methods

Environmental effects on the covariation among pace‐of‐life traits

(2020) Anni M. Hämäläinen et al.   ETHOLOGY

Visual cues of predation risk outweigh acoustic cues: a field experiment in black-capped chickadees

(2020) Josue David Arteaga-Torres et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Integrating Behavior in Life-History Theory: Allocation versus Acquisition?

(2020) Kate L. Laskowski et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Crickets become behaviourally more stable when raised under higher temperatures

(2019) Petri T. Niemelä et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Temporal Instability of Evidence Base: A Threat to Policy Making?

(2019) Julia Koricheva et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Individual variation in age‐dependent reproduction: Fast explorers live fast but senesce young?

(2019) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Individual differences in behaviour explain variation in survival: a meta‐analysis

(2019) Maria Moiron et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Extra-pair parentage and personality in a cooperatively breeding bird

(2018) Hannah A Edwards et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Conspecific boldness and predator species determine predation-risk consequences of prey personality

(2018) Chelsea A. Blake et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Top predator’s aggressiveness and mesopredator’s risk-aversion additively determine probability of predation

(2018) Radek Michalko et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Unravelling the relationships between life history, behaviour and condition under the pace-of-life syndromes hypothesis using long-term data from a wild bird

(2018) Mónika Jablonszky et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The pace-of-life syndrome revisited: the role of ecological conditions and natural history on the slow-fast continuum

(2018) Pierre-Olivier Montiglio et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Pace-of-life syndromes: a framework for the adaptive integration of behaviour, physiology and life history

(2018) Melanie Dammhahn et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Habitat-dependent effects of personality on survival and reproduction in red squirrels

(2018) Francesca Santicchia et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Models of pace-of-life syndromes (POLS): a systematic review

(2018) Kimberley J. Mathot et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Sex and size matters: Selection on personality in natural prey-predator interactions

(2018) Maria Yli-Renko et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Stability of a behavioural syndrome vs. plasticity in individual behaviours over the breeding cycle: Ultimate and proximate explanations

(2018) Alfréd Trnka et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Life-history trade-offs: are they linked to personality in a precocial mammal ( Cavia aperea )?

(2018) Anja Guenther   Biology Letters

Lifespan and age, but not residual reproductive value or condition, are related to behaviour in wild field crickets

(2018) David N. Fisher et al.   ETHOLOGY

Parenting styles in white-rumped swallows (Tachycineta leucorrhoa ) show a trade-off between nest defense and chick feeding

(2018) Uschi Wischhoff et al.   ETHOLOGY

Does perceived predation risk affect patterns of extra-pair paternity? A field experiment in a passerine bird

(2018) Robin N. Abbey-Lee et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Behavioral type, in interaction with body size, affects the recapture rate of brown trout Salmo trutta juveniles in their nursery stream

(2018) Joacim Näslund et al.   Integrative Zoology

Experimental evidence that density mediates negative frequency-dependent selection on aggression

(2018) R. Julia Kilgour et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Consistent individual differences in sea lamprey ( Petromyzon marinus ) behaviour: Implications for control via trapping

(2018) Adrienne R. McLean et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

Bidirectional selection of walking velocity, associated behavioral syndrome and reproductive output in the maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais

(2018) Leonardo M. Turchen et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Predictability is attractive: Female preference for behaviourally consistent males but no preference for the level of male aggression in a bi-parental cichlid

(2018) Ulrike Scherer et al.   PLoS One

Predator-driven natural selection on risk-taking behavior in anole lizards

(2018) Oriol Lapiedra et al.   SCIENCE

Personality interacts with habitat quality to govern individual mortality and dispersal patterns

(2018) Benjamin A. Belgrad et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Stronger social bonds do not always predict greater longevity in a gregarious primate

(2018) Nicole A. Thompson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

The ecological and life history correlates of boldness in free-ranging lizards

(2018) Georgia Ward-Fear et al.   Ecosphere

Repeatable aversion across threat types is linked with life-history traits but is dependent on how aversion is measured

(2018) Gabrielle L. Davidson et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Temperament and reproductive performance in farmed sable

(2018) H. KORHOHEN et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCE

Unraveling behavioral and pace-of-life syndromes in a reduced parasite and predation pressure context: personality and survival of the Barbary ground squirrel

(2018) Julien C. Piquet et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The quick are the dead: pheasants that are slow to reverse a learned association survive for longer in the wild

(2018) Joah R. Madden et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Linking cognition with fitness in a wild primate: fitness correlates of problem-solving performance and spatial learning ability

(2018) Franziska Huebner et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

‘Love at first sight’: The effect of personality and colouration patterns in the reproductive success of zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2018) Reynaldo Vargas et al.   PLoS One

Caring for infants is associated with increased reproductive success for male mountain gorillas

(2018) Stacy Rosenbaum et al.   Scientific Reports

On the usage of single measurements in behavioural ecology research on individual differences

(2018) Petri T. Niemelä et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Boldness-mediated habitat use tactics and reproductive success in a wild large herbivore

(2018) Nadège C. Bonnot et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Bringing down the house: male widow spiders reduce the webs of aggressive females more

(2018) N. DiRienzo et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Searching for an effective pre-release screening tool for translocations: can trap temperament predict behaviour and survival in the wild?

(2018) R. S. West et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Personality links with lifespan in chimpanzees

(2018) Drew M Altschul et al.   eLife

Personality and plasticity in neophobia levels vary with anthropogenic disturbance but not toxic metal exposure in urban great tits

(2018) Andrea S. Grunst et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The personality of Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) and gene expression related with osmoregulatory capacity in the gills

(2018) Huafeng Zou et al.   AQUACULTURE

Problem-solving skills are linked to parental care and offspring survival in wild house sparrows

(2017) Daniel P. Wetzel   ETHOLOGY

Habitat complexity dampens selection on prey activity level

(2017) Carl N. Keiser et al.   ETHOLOGY

Personality and fitness consequences of flight initiation distance and mating behavior in subdominant male reindeer (Rangifer tarandus )

(2017) Justin S. Strong et al.   ETHOLOGY

Does it always pay to defend one's nest? A case study in African penguin

(2017) Gwendoline Traisnel et al.   ETHOLOGY

Reproductive Consequences of Aggression in a Territorial Songbird

(2017) Jessica Krippel et al.   ETHOLOGY

Personality-related differences in response to habitat in Mediterranean blue tits

(2017) Eva Serrano-Davies et al.   ETHOLOGY

Phenotypic and genetic integration of personality and growth under competition in the sheepshead swordtail, Xiphophorus birchmanni

(2017) Kay Boulton et al.   EVOLUTION

Hormonal and fitness consequences of behavioral assortative mating in the convict cichlid ( Amatitlania siquia )

(2017) Cécile Schweitzer et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Wild jackdaws’ reproductive success and their offspring’s stress hormones are connected to provisioning rate and brood size, not to parental neophobia

(2017) Alison L. Greggor et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Personality, immune response and reproductive success: an appraisal of the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis

(2017) Karine Monceau et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Correlational selection on personality and social plasticity: morphology and social context determine behavioural effects on mating success

(2017) Pierre-Olivier Montiglio et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Reproductive performance of resident and migrant males, females and pairs in a partially migratory bird

(2017) Hannah Grist et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Repeatability, heritability, and age-dependence of seasonal plasticity in aggressiveness in a wild passerine bird

(2017) Yimen G. Araya-Ajoy et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Heritability and social brood effects on personality in juvenile and adult life-history stages in a wild passerine

(2017) I. S. Winney et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Individual specialization and behavioral plasticity in a long-lived marine predator

(2017) Luis Cardona et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Genetic parameter estimates for temperament, heifer rebreeding, and stayability in Nellore cattle

(2017) T.S. Valente et al.   Livestock Science

Predation threat modifies relationships between metabolism and behavioural traits but not their ecological relevance in Chinese bream

(2017) Cheng Fu et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER BEHAVIOUR AND PHYSIOLOGY

Nonindependence and sensitivity analyses in ecological and evolutionary meta-analyses

(2017) Daniel W.A. Noble et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Among-individual heterogeneity in maternal behaviour and physiology affects reproductive allocation and offspring life-history traits in the garter snake Thamnophis elegans

(2017) Eric J. Gangloff et al.   OIKOS

Behavioural mediators of genetic life-history trade-offs: a test of the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis in field crickets

(2017) Francesca Santostefano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fishway passage success for migratory rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax is not dictated by behavioural type

(2017) S. J. Landsman et al.   RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

Behaviour and reproductive fitness of postdispersal in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) on the Tibetan Plateau

(2017) Jiapeng Qu et al.   Mammal Research

The influence of anti-predator training, personality and sex in the behavior, dispersion and survival rates of translocated captive-raised parrots

(2017) Alice R.S. Lopes et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Learning speed is affected by personality and reproductive investment in a songbird

(2017) Hector Fabio Rivera-Gutierrez et al.   PLoS One

A predation cost to bold fish in the wild

(2017) Kaj Hulthén et al.   Scientific Reports

Is hissing behaviour of incubating great tits related to reproductive investment in the wild?

(2016) Kaarin Koosa et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Invisible Trade-offs: Van Noordwijk and de Jong and Life-History Evolution

(2016) C. Jessica E. Metcalf   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Mate choice and sexual size dimorphism, not personality, explain female aggression and sexual cannibalism in raft spiders

(2016) Simona Kralj-Fišer et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Social context, but not individual personality, alters immigrant viability in a spider with mixed social structure

(2016) Spencer J. Ingley et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

Fluctuating sexual selection and the evolution of a courtship strategy

(2016) Chang S. Han et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Predicting survivors: animal temperament and translocation

(2016) Tegan M. May et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Variable ecological conditions promote male helping by changing banded mongoose group composition

(2016) Harry H. Marshall et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Male personality and female spawning consistency in a goby with exclusive male care

(2016) Nadine Kalb et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Unsociable juvenile male three-spined sticklebacks grow more attractive

(2016) Sin-Yeon Kim et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Variation among free-living spotted hyenas in three personality traits

(2016)   BEHAVIOUR

Anti-predator behavioral variation among Physa acuta in response to temporally fluctuating predation risk by Procambarus

(2016) Morgan P. Kain et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Does boldness explain vulnerability to angling in Eurasian perchPerca fluviatilis?

(2016) Anssi Vainikka et al.   Current Zoology

Inactive trout come out at night: behavioral variation, circadian activity, and fitness in the wild

(2016) Libor Závorka et al.   ECOLOGY

Density fluctuations represent a key process maintaining personality variation in a wild passerine bird

(2016) Marion Nicolaus et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Personality in Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and its Effect on Their Breeding Success

(2016) Claire Colchester et al.   ETHOLOGY

Prolactin is related to individual differences in parental behavior and reproductive success in a biparental passerine, the zebra finch ( Taeniopygia guttata )

(2016) Kristina O. Smiley et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Integrating the pace-of-life syndrome across species, sexes and individuals: covariation of life history and personality under pesticide exposure

(2016) Sara Debecker et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Fast-slow life history is correlated with individual differences in movements and prey selection in an aquatic predator in the wild

(2016) Shinnosuke Nakayama et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Phenotypic relationships between docility and reproduction in Angus heifers1

(2016) K. L. White et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Sex and migratory strategy influence corticosterone levels in winter-grown feathers, with positive breeding effects in a migratory pelagic seabird

(2016) Cristóbal Pérez et al.   OECOLOGIA

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

(2016) Marianne Haage et al.   OECOLOGIA

On fitness and partial migration in a large herbivore - migratory moose have higher reproductive performance than residents

(2016) Christer M. Rolandsen et al.   OIKOS

Predator–prey interactions mediated by prey personality and predator hunting mode

(2016) Benjamin A. Belgrad et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

rotl: an R package to interact with the Open Tree of Life data

(2016) François Michonneau et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

You eat what you are: personality-dependent filial cannibalism in a fish with paternal care

(2016) Martin Vallon et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Does boldness explain vulnerability to angling in Eurasian perchPerca fluviatilis?

(2016) Anssi Vainikka et al.   Current Zoology

Consistent individual differences in fathering in threespined sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus

(2016) Laura R. Stein et al.   Current Zoology

Boldness is related to the development of the cephalic crest in the male of the river blennySalaria fluviatilis(Asso, 1801)

(2016) Noëlle Fabre et al.   Current Zoology

Similar nest defence strategies within pairs increase reproductive success in the eastern bluebird, Sialia sialis

(2015) Jennifer L. Burtka et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Similarity of personalities speeds up reproduction in pairs of a monogamous rodent

(2015) Marylin Rangassamy et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The origins of consistent individual differences in cooperation in wild banded mongooses, Mungos mungo

(2015) Jennifer L. Sanderson et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Personality in the wild zebra finch: exploration, sociality, and reproduction

(2015) Luke S.C. McCowan et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Linking lab activity with growth and movement in the wild: explaining pace-of-life in a trout stream

(2015) L. Zavorka et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Dynamics of among-individual behavioral variation over adult lifespan in a wild insect

(2015) David N. Fisher et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Temporally fluctuating selection on a personality trait in a wild rodent population

(2015) Christie Le Cœur et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Is a proactive mum a good mum? A mother’s coping style influences early fawn survival in roe deer

(2015) Chloé Monestier et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Personality-related survival and sampling bias in wild cricket nymphs

(2015) P. T. Niemela et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Breeding phenology and winter activity predict subsequent breeding success in a trans-global migratory seabird

(2015) A. Shoji et al.   Biology Letters

Boldness and predator evasion in naturally hybridizing swordtails (Teleostei:Xiphophorus)

(2015) James B. Johnson et al.   Current Zoology

Sex-based differences in the adaptive value of social behavior contrasted against morphology and environment

(2015) E. Vander Wal et al.   ECOLOGY

Endangered species interactions suggest a role for personality and behavioral syndromes in conservation efforts

(2015) J.L. Snekser et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The fitness consequences of honesty: Under-signalers have a survival advantage in song sparrows

(2015) Çağlar Akçay et al.   EVOLUTION

An experimental test of density-dependent selection on temperament traits of activity, boldness and sociability

(2015) J.-F. Le Galliard et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Dust to weevils, weevils to dust: maize weevil personality and susceptibility to diatomaceous earth

(2015) H. A. E. Malia et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Effects of behavioral reactivity on production and reproduction traits in Dorper sheep breed

(2015) Dinu Gavojdian et al.   Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Effects of behavioral reactivity on production and reproduction traits in Dorper sheep breed

(2015) Dinu Gavojdian et al.   Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Individual quality and personality: bolder males are less fecund in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus

(2015) D. Bridger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Personality and morphological traits affect pigeon survival from raptor attacks

(2015) Carlos D. Santos et al.   Scientific Reports

Boldness and predator evasion in naturally hybridizing swordtails (Teleostei:Xiphophorus)

(2015) James B. Johnson et al.   Current Zoology

Conducting Meta-Analyses inRwith themetaforPackage

(2015) Wolfgang Viechtbauer   Journal of Statistical Software

MCMC Methods for Multi-Response Generalized Linear Mixed Models: TheMCMCglmmRPackage

(2015) Jarrod D. Hadfield   Journal of Statistical Software

Effects of Emergence Time and Early Social Rearing Environment on Behaviour of Atlantic Salmon: Consequences for Juvenile Fitness and Smolt Migration

(2015) Martin H. Larsen et al.   PLoS One

Survival and cause-specific mortality of the female eastern wild turkey at its northern range edge

(2015) Britney Niedzielski et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Generalisation within specialization: inter-individual diet variation in the only specialized salamander in the world

(2015) Andrea Costa et al.   Scientific Reports

Personality and density affect nest defence and nest survival in the great tit

(2014) Jolanta Vrublevska et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Long-Term Effect of Social Interactions on Behavioral Plasticity and Lifetime Mating Success

(2014) Chang S. Han et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Effects of behavioural type, social skill and the social environment on male mating success in water striders

(2014) Andrew Sih et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Social networking in territorial great tits: slow explorers have the least central social network positions

(2014) Lysanne Snijders et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Partners’ personality types and mate preferences: predation risk matters

(2014) Aimeric Teyssier et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Effect of prey personality depends on predator species

(2014) C. A. Blake et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Residual correlations, and not individual properties, determine a nest defense boldness syndrome

(2014) Jon E. Brommer et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Survival costs of fast exploration during juvenile life in a small mammal

(2014) Heiko G. Rödel et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Personalities and presence of hyperaggressive males influence male mating exclusivity and effective mating in stream water striders

(2014) Tina W. Wey et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Intra-individual variability in fecal cortisol metabolites varies with lifetime exploration and reproductive life history in eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus)

(2014) P.-O. Montiglio et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Personality in captivity: More exploratory males reproduce better in an aviary population

(2014) Luke S.C. McCowan et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

The biology hidden inside residual within-individual phenotypic variation

(2014) David F. Westneat et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Consistency pays: sex differences and fitness consequences of behavioural specialization in a wide-ranging seabird

(2014) S. C. Patrick et al.   Biology Letters

Longitudinal bio-logging reveals interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic carry-over effects in a long-lived vertebrate

(2014) F. Daunt et al.   ECOLOGY

Personality-Dependent Survival in the Marine IsopodIdotea balthica

(2014) Maria Yli-Renko et al.   ETHOLOGY

No evidence for correlational selection on exploratory behaviour and natal dispersal in the great tit

(2014) Thijs van Overveld et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Stress and success: Individual differences in the glucocorticoid stress response predict behavior and reproductive success under high predation risk

(2014) Maren N. Vitousek et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

The prudent parent meets old age: A high stress response in very old seabirds supports the terminal restraint hypothesis

(2014) Kyle H. Elliott et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Life-history trade-offs mediate ‘personality’ variation in two colour morphs of the pea aphid,Acyrthosiphon pisum

(2014) Wiebke Schuett et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Juvenile social play and yearling behavior and reproductive success in female Belding’s ground squirrels

(2014) Scott Nunes   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Selection on female behaviour fluctuates with offspring environment

(2014) R. W. Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Aggressive behavior of the male parent predicts brood sex ratio in a songbird

(2014) Eszter Szász et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Personality, Foraging and Fitness Consequences in a Long Lived Seabird

(2014) Samantha C. Patrick et al.   PLoS One

Senescence rates and late adulthood reproductive success are strongly influenced by personality in a long-lived seabird

(2014) S. C. Patrick et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Does coping style predict optimization? An experimental test in a wild passerine bird

(2014) M. Nicolaus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social affiliation matters: both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships predict survival in wild female baboons

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

Calm Temperament Improves Reproductive Performance of Beef Cows

(2014) R Kasimanickam et al.   REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS

Among-individual variation in vigilance at the nest in colonial Cliff Swallows

(2014) Erin A. Roche et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Personality traits of pair members predict pair compatibility and reproductive success in a socially monogamous parrot breeding in captivity

(2014) Rebecca A. Fox et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Evolutionary quantitative genetics of behavioral responses to handling in a wild passerine

(2014) Barbara Class et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Hissing calls improve survival in incubating female great tits (Parus major)

(2013) Indrikis Krams et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Predation selects for low resting metabolic rate and consistent individual differences in anti-predator behavior in a beetle

(2013) Indrikis Krams et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

The combined behavioural tendencies of predator and prey mediate the outcome of their interaction

(2013) Nicholas DiRienzo et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Evolution of individual variation in behaviour and behavioural plasticity under scramble competition

(2013) Chang S. Han et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Personality and predictability in fallow deer fighting behaviour: the relationship with mating success

(2013) Domhnall J. Jennings et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Fortune favours the aggressive: territory quality and behavioural syndromes in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia

(2013) Jennifer Scales et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Performance in cognitive and problem-solving tasks in male spotted bowerbirds does not correlate with mating success

(2013) Jess Isden et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The fitness consequences of plastic responses to adult sex ratio in a paternal care fish

(2013) Cynthia F. O'Rourke et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Selection on behavioural traits during ‘unselective’ harvesting means that shy pheasants better survive a hunting season

(2013) Joah R. Madden et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Effect of Age and Temperament Type on Reproductive Parameters of Female Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes Procyonoides Gray) / Wpływ Wieku I Temperamentu Na Parametry Rozrodcze Samic Jenota (Nyctereutes Procyonoides Gray)

(2013) Stanisław Łapiński et al.   Annals of Animal Science

Assortative mating by aggressiveness type in orb weaving spiders

(2013) S. Kralj-Fiser et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Multilevel selection and effects of keystone hyperaggressive males on mating success and behavior in stream water striders

(2013) A. T. Chang et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Disassortative mating for boldness decreases reproductive success in the guppy

(2013) T. O. Ariyomo et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

On between-individual and residual (co)variances in the study of animal personality: are you willing to take the “individual gambit”?

(2013) Jon E. Brommer   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Boldness is influenced by sublethal interactions with predators and is associated with successful harem infiltration in Madagascar hissing cockroaches

(2013) Donna R. McDermott et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

No evidence of selection by predators on tadpole boldness

(2013) Bradley E. Carlson et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Predation promotes survival of beetles with lower resting metabolic rates

(2013) Indrikis Krams et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Parental Care Syndromes in House Sparrows: Positive Covariance Between Provisioning and Defense Linked to Parent Identity

(2013) Daniel P. Wetzel et al.   ETHOLOGY

Boldness and Stress Responsiveness as Drivers of Nest-Site Selection in a Ground-Nesting Bird

(2013) Martin W. Seltmann et al.   ETHOLOGY

Assessing the Effects of Rearing Environment, Natural Selection, and Developmental Stage on the Emergence of a Behavioral Syndrome

(2013) Kayla Sweeney et al.   ETHOLOGY

Challenging the Aggressive Spillover Hypothesis: Is Pre-Copulatory Sexual Cannibalism a Part of a Behavioural Syndrome?

(2013) Simona Kralj-Fišer et al.   ETHOLOGY

Sex differences in incubation behaviour but not mortality risk in a threatened shorebird

(2013) Fiona Burns et al.   IBIS

Personality Traits in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Are Heritable but Do Not Predict Reproductive Output

(2013) Lauren J. N. Brent et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Foraging currencies, metabolism and behavioural routines

(2013) Alasdair I. Houston et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Pulsed resources and the coupling between life-history strategies and exploration patterns in eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus)

(2013) Pierre-Olivier Montiglio et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Correlational selection does not explain the evolution of a behavioural syndrome

(2013) C. S. Han et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Disruptive viability selection on adult exploratory behaviour in eastern chipmunks

(2013) P. Bergeron et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The behavioural effects of predator-induced stress responses in the cricket (Gryllus texensis): the upside of the stress response

(2013) S. A. Adamo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Age matters—Experienced predation risk affects behavior and morphology of juvenile 0+ and 1+ perch

(2013) M. Heynen et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Foraging areas differentially affect reproductive output and interpretation of trends in abundance of loggerhead turtles

(2013) Hannah B. Vander Zanden et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Personality and basal metabolic rate in a wild bird population

(2013) Sandra Bouwhuis et al.   OIKOS

A Selfish Genetic Element Influencing Longevity Correlates with Reactive Behavioural Traits in Female House Mice (Mus domesticus)

(2013) Yannick Auclair et al.   PLoS One

Weevil x Insecticide: Does ‘Personality’ Matter?

(2013) Juliana A. Morales et al.   PLoS One

A Comparison of Measures of Boldness and Their Relationships to Survival in Young Fish

(2013) James R. White et al.   PLoS One

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

Food sharing in vampire bats: reciprocal help predicts donations more than relatedness or harassment

(2013) G. G. Carter 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

Behavioral Types of Predator and Prey Jointly Determine Prey Survival: Potential Implications for the Maintenance of Within-Species Behavioral Variation

(2012) Jonathan N. Pruitt et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Behavioural type, status and social context affect behaviour and resource allocation in cooperatively breeding cichlids

(2012) Thomas Riebli et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Sexual cannibalism is associated with female behavioural type, hunger state and increased hatching success

(2012) Aric W. Berning et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Reproduction in Steller's Jays (Cyanocitta stelleri): individual characteristics and behavioral strategies

(2012)   AUK

Between individual variation in risk-taking behavior and its life history consequences

(2012) Anders Pape Møller et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Prospecting at conspecific nests and exploration in a novel environment are associated with reproductive success in the jackdaw

(2012) Wiebke Schuett et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Defining behavioural syndromes and the role of ‘syndrome deviation’ in understanding their evolution

(2012) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Natural selection, plasticity and the emergence of a behavioural syndrome in the wild

(2012) Bart Adriaenssens et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mink with Divergent Activity Levels have Divergent Reproductive Strategies

(2012) Rebecca K. Meagher et al.   ETHOLOGY

Methodological issues and advances in biological meta-analysis

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Personality and the pace-of-life syndrome: variation and selection on exploration, metabolism and locomotor performances

(2012) Jean-François Le Galliard et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Habitat use throughout migration: linking individual consistency, prior breeding success and future breeding potential

(2012) Bethany J. Hoye et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Quantifying individual variation in behaviour: mixed-effect modelling approaches

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

Dominance hierarchies and social status ascent opportunity: Anticipatory behavioral and physiological adjustments in a Neotropical cichlid fish

(2012) Felipe Alonso et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Variation in Female Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) Reproductive Performance Correlates to Proactive-Reactive Behavioural Types

(2012) Sean D. Twiss et al.   PLoS One

Extraversion predicts longer survival in gorillas: an 18-year longitudinal study

(2012) A. Weiss et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Experimental evidence for adaptive personalities in a wild passerine bird

(2012) M. Nicolaus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Individual plastic responses by males to rivals reveal mismatches between behaviour and fitness outcomes

(2012) A. Bretman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Are personality differences in a small iteroparous mammal maintained by a life-history trade-off?

(2012) M. Dammhahn   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Harvest selection on Atlantic cod behavioral traits: implications for spatial management

(2012) Esben Moland Olsen et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Individual Variation in Parental Care Reaction Norms: Integration of Personality and Plasticity

(2011) David F. Westneat et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The Forms and Fitness Cost of Senescence: Age-Specific Recapture, Survival, Reproduction, and Reproductive Value in a Wild Bird Population

(2011) Sandra Bouwhuis et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Genetic parameters and environmental effects on temperament score and reproductive traits of Nellore cattle

(2011) D. Barrozo et al.   Animal

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

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

Behavioural types and life history strategies during ontogeny in the mangrove killifish, Kryptolebias marmoratus

(2011) M. Edenbrow et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

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

(2011) Wiebke Schuett et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The relationship between personality and plasticity in tree swallow aggression and the consequences for reproductive success

(2011) Gustavo S. Betini et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The effect of variation in boldness and aggressiveness on the reproductive success of zebrafish

(2011) Tolulope O. Ariyomo et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Who's afraid of the big bad glove? Testing for fear and its correlates in mink

(2011) Rebecca K. Meagher et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Ineividual variation in Parental Provisioning Behaviour Predicts Survival of Cape Gannet Chicks Under Poor Conditions

(2011) Ralf H.E. Mullers et al.   ARDEA

Behavioural syndromes in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta); life history, family variation and performance in the wild

(2011) Johan Höjesjö et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

Factors affecting individual variation in nest-defense intensity in colonially breeding Black-tailed Gulls (Larus crassirostris)

(2011) Kentaro Kazama et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Behavioural Syndromes, Partner Compatibility and Reproductive Performance in Steller’s Jays

(2011) Pia O. Gabriel et al.   ETHOLOGY

Estimating survival of a streamside salamander: importance of temporary emigration, capture response, and location

(2011) Steven J. Price et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Male reproductive success increases with alliance size in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)

(2011) Joanna Wiszniewski et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Effects of temperament on pregnancy rates to fixed-timed AI in Bos indicus beef cows

(2011) R.F. Cooke et al.   Livestock Science

Promiscuity, paternity and personality in the great tit

(2011) S. C. Patrick et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Quantitative genetics and fitness consequences of neophilia in zebra finches

(2010) H. Schielzeth et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Gender differences in survival and antipredatory behavior in stalk-eyed flies

(2010) Amy M. Worthington et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Behavioral types as predictors of survival in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

(2010) Brian R. Smith et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Shy trout grow faster: exploring links between personality and fitness-related traits in the wild

(2010) B. Adriaenssens et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons

(2010) Joan B. Silk et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Variation in Helper Type Affects Group Stability and Reproductive Decisions in a Cooperative Breeder

(2010) Roger Schürch et al.   ETHOLOGY

Male Competition, Mating Success and Female Choice in a Seasonally Breeding Primate (Erythrocebus patas)

(2010) Janice Chism et al.   ETHOLOGY

Experimental global food reduction raises resource acquisition costs of brood care helpers and reduces their helping effort

(2010) Rick Bruintjes et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The importance of attitude: the influence of behaviour on survival at an ontogenetic boundary

(2010) MI McCormick et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Maladaptive behavior reinforces a recruitment bottleneck in newly settled fishes

(2010) Lee A. Fuiman et al.   OECOLOGIA

Does personality in small rodents vary depending on population density?

(2010) Katri Korpela et al.   OECOLOGIA

An explanatory framework for adaptive personality differences

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

Personality and the emergence of the pace-of-life syndrome concept at the population level

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

Recent models for adaptive personality differences: a review

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

How within-group behavioural variation and task efficiency enhance fitness in a social group

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

Sex matters: sexually dimorphic fitness consequences of a behavioural syndrome

(2009) Jonathan N. Pruitt et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The repeatability of behaviour: a meta-analysis

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

A behavioral syndrome linking courtship behavior toward males and females predicts reproductive success from a single mating in the hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa

(2009) David M. Logue et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Aggressive Ural owl mothers recruit more offspring

(2009) Pekka Kontiainen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Behavioral correlations across activity, mating, exploration, aggression, and antipredator contexts in the European house cricket, Acheta domesticus

(2009) Alexander D. M. Wilson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The development of animal personality: relevance, concepts and perspectives

(2009) Judy Stamps et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Genetic trade-off between abilities to avoid attack and to mate: a cost of tonic immobility

(2009) S. Nakayama et al.   Biology Letters

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

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

EVOLUTION OF GENETIC INTEGRATION BETWEEN DISPERSAL AND COLONIZATION ABILITY IN A BIRD

(2009) Renée A. Duckworth et al.   EVOLUTION

Extreme boldness precedes starvation mortality in six-lined trumpeter (Pelates sexlineatus)

(2009) Peter A. Biro et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Diet specificity is not associated with increased reproductive performance of Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos in Western Scotland

(2009) D. P. WHITFIELD et al.   IBIS

Heterogeneous selection on a heritable temperament trait in a variable environment

(2009) John L. Quinn et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Male personality, life-history strategies and reproductive success in a promiscuous mammal

(2009) D. RÉALE et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Behavioural type in newly emerged steelheadOncorhynchus mykissdoes not predict growth rate in a conventional hatchery rearing environment

(2009) J. L. Conrad et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Female aggression predicts mode of paternity acquisition in a social lizard

(2009) G. M. While et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Parental Investment Theory and Nest Defense by Eastern Kingbirds

(2009) Lucas J. Redmond et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Individual Differences in the Helping Behaviors of Cooperatively Breeding Rufous Vangas

(2009) Kazuhiro Eguchi et al.   ORNITHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement

(2009) David Moher et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Dawn song of the eastern kingbird: an honest signal of male quality?

(2008) Michael T. Murphy et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Fitness consequences of personality: a meta-analysis

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

Reproductive success and individual variation in feeding frequency of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

(2008) Thor H. Ringsby et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Individual specialization in diet by a generalist marine predator reflects specialization in foraging behaviour

(2008) Kerry J. Woo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

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

(2008) Adrienne K. Boon et al.   OIKOS

Social personality trait and fitness

(2008) J Cote et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Are animal personality traits linked to life-history productivity?

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

Behavioural patterns in ewe–lamb pairs and vulnerability to predation by wolverines

(2007) Roel May et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE