The study of individual behavioral variation, sometimes called animal personalities or
behavioral types, is now a well-established area of research in behavioral ecology and …

Within animal populations there is variation among individuals in their tendency to be social,
where more sociable individuals associate more with other individuals. Consistent inter …

The study of animal behaviour is important for both ecology and ecotoxicology, yet research
in these two fields is currently developing independently. Here, we synthesize the available …

While human-induced rapid environmental changes are putting many organisms at risk of
extinction, others are doing better than ever. This raises the question of why organisms differ …

Ecology Letters (2012) Abstract Interspecific trait variation has long served as a conceptual
foundation for our understanding of ecological patterns and dynamics. In particular …

With the exception of a few model species, individual differences in cognition remain
relatively unstudied in non-human animals. One intriguing possibility is that variation in …

Dispersal is one of the most fundamental components of ecology, and affects processes as
diverse as population growth, metapopulation dynamics, gene flow and adaptation …

Biological individuality is a notoriously thorny topic for biologists and philosophers of
biology. In this paper we argue that biological individuality presents multiple, interconnected …

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 …

Recent patterns of global change have highlighted the importance of understanding the
dynamics and mechanisms of species range shifts and expansions. Unique demographic …