Temperament describes the idea that individual behavioural differences are repeatable over
time and across situations. This common phenomenon covers numerous traits, such as …

Recent studies in the field of behavioural ecology have revealed intriguing variation in
behaviour within single populations. Increasing evidence suggests that individual animals …

Social environments have an important effect on a range of ecological processes, and form
a crucial component of selection. However, little is known of the link between personality …

This introduction to the themed issue on Evolutionary and ecological approaches to the
study of personality provides an overview of conceptual, theoretical and methodological …

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 …

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 …

There is increasing evidence that animal groups can maintain coordinated behaviour and
make collective decisions based on simple interaction rules. Effective collective action may …

Highlights•Spatial examination and number of pecks reliably predicted exploration in
OFT.•Individual exploration performances were correlated in line with fast-slow …

Birds are constantly responding to stimuli from their environment. When these stimuli are
perceived as threatening, stress responses are initiated, with activation of the hypothalamo …

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 …