Behaviour is the interface between an organism and its environment, and behavioural
plasticity is important for organisms to cope with environmental change. Social behaviour is …

For the past decade, the study of personality has become a topic on the frontier of behavioral
ecology. However, most studies have focused on exploring inter-individual behavioral …

Understanding how groups of individuals with different motives come to daily decisions
about the exploitation of their environment is a key question in animal behaviour. While …

Natal dispersal, the movement of an organism from its birthplace to the site of first
reproduction, is fundamental to many ecological and evolutionary processes …

This study examined interindividual personality differences between Port Jackson sharks
Heterodontus portusjacksoni utilizing a standard boldness assay. Additionally, the …

Integrity and trust in that integrity are fundamental to academic research. However,
procedures for monitoring the trustworthiness of research, and for investigating cases where …

Collective personalities refer to temporally consistent behavioral differences between
distinct social groups. This phenomenon is a ubiquitous and key feature of social groups in …

Animals are embedded in dynamically changing networks of relationships with conspecifics.
These dynamic networks are fundamental aspects of their environment, creating selection …

The behavioural composition of a group and the dynamics of social interactions can both
influence how social animals work collectively. For example, individuals exhibiting certain …

Individual repeatability characterizes many behaviors. Repeatable behavior may result from
repeated social interactions among familiar group members, owing to adaptive social niche …