The study of phenotypic evolution should be an integrative endeavor that combines different
approaches and crosses disciplinary and phylogenetic boundaries to consider complex …

Recent progress has been made on the study of personality in animals, both from a
mechanistic and a functional perspective. While we start knowing more about the proximal …

In this paper we show how animal personality could explain some of the large inter‐
individual variation in resting metabolic rate (MR) and explore methodological and …

As the number and diversity of animal species meriting conservation intervention increases,
improving the success of translocation efforts is vital and understanding the role of …

Cognition is defined as the processes by which animals collect, retain and use information
from their environment to guide their behaviour. Thus cognition is essential in a wide range …

The field of stress physiology has rapidly expanded, particularly in those fields interested in
identifying chronic stress in wild animals. Despite this expansion, stress remains difficult to …

Animal 'personality', defined as repeatable inter-individual differences in behaviour, is a
concept in biology that faces intense controversy. Critics argue that the field is riddled with …

The work presented here aims at understanding the nature, epigenesis and function of
personality types (here called behavioral profiles) in birds, focusing on a wild bird species …

It is widely known that the adverse effects of stress must be considered in animal
conservation programmes. However, a full consideration of how and where stress occurs in …

Highlights•Researchers use neophobia tests for many purposes, but produce conflicting
results.•Attention to cognitive mechanisms and ecological context reveals testing issues.•We …