The discovery that an individual may be constrained, and even behave sub‐optimally,
because of its personality type has fundamental implications for understanding individual‐to …

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

This review examines the contribution of research on fishes to the growing field of
behavioural syndromes. Current knowledge of behavioural syndromes in fishes is reviewed …

Dams and other anthropogenic barriers have caused global ecological and hydrological
upheaval in the blink of the geological eye. In the present article, we synthesize 307 studies …

Highlights•Animal personality traits tend to be stable within life stages but not across.•
Metamorphosis and/or sexual maturation are important for personality development.• …

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 …

In recent years, evidence for interindividual variation in “personality” within animal
populations has been accumulating. Personality is defined as consistency in an individual's …

Boldness in animal personality studies is measured using a range of different behavioural
assays, including responses to novel objects, novel environments and threatening stimuli …

Highlights•Novel study assessing trophic transfer of a microplastic contaminated
diet.•Behavioural changes in response to contaminants far more subtle than LD50 …