There is increasing interest in documenting and explaining the existence of marked
intraspecific variation in metabolic rate in animals, with fishes providing some of the best …

Although correlations have frequently been observed between specific physiological and
behavioural traits across a range of animal taxa, the nature of these associations has been …

A perplexing new question that has emerged from the recent surge of interest in behavioural
syndromes or animal personalities is–why do individual animals behave consistently when …

When approached by humans, virtually all species flee, but we lack an understanding of the
factors that influence flight response among species. Understanding this variation may allow …

Explaining consistent variation in the behaviour of individuals in terms of personality
differences is one of the cornerstones of understanding human behaviour but is seldom …

Intraspecific food competition exerts powerful selective forces on all animals; successful
foragers thrive relative to weaker conspecifics. Understanding competition is therefore …

Environmental contamination by pharmaceuticals is global, substantially altering crucial
behaviours in animals and impacting on their reproduction and survival. A key question is …

Individual variation in behaviour within populations may be explained in part by
demographics and long-term, stable individual psychological differences. We examined the …

Predation is a strong selective force in most natural systems, potentially fueling evolutionary
changes in prey morphology, life history and behaviour. Recent work has suggested that …

Many phenotypic traits show plasticity but behaviour is often considered the 'most
plastic'aspect of phenotype as it is likely to show the quickest response to temporal changes …