Metamorphosis and animal personality: a neglected opportunity
Publication Type: |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication: |
2012 |
Authors: |
Wilson, Alexander D.M., Krause, Jens |
Publication/Journal: |
Trends in Ecology & Evolution |
Keywords: |
in situ, metamorphosis, personality |
Abstract:
Developmental perspectives represent an underutilized area of animal personality research, in spite of their obvious importance in biology. Animals that undergo metamorphosis are particularly neglected and represent a unique in situ experimental opportunity to study how personality differences are associated with physiological, morphological, or ecological traits over development.