Juvenile exposure to acoustic sexual signals from conspecifics alters growth trajectory and an adult personality trait
Animal personalities have become an established concept in animal behaviour. Despite this, the potential influence of early life experiences on adult personality is often overlooked. Juvenile exposure to environmental cues such as conspecific signalling or predator cues may provide relevant information regarding the make-up of the forthcoming environment. Individuals might be able to use these […]
The combined behavioural tendencies of predator and prey mediate the outcome of their interaction
Consistent individual differences in behaviour are present in most animal populations. Historically, the fitness consequences of behavioural types (e.g. bold and shy) have been investigated in one focal species at a time. Studies generally disregard variation in heterospecifics that interact with those types. However, intraspecific variation in behavioural types of multiple interactors could generate dependent […]