Highlights•We provide a conceptual framework to examine correlated behavioural
plasticities.•We summarize conditions likely to give rise to them and highlight testable …

Mapping the eco-evolutionary factors shaping the development of animals' behavioural
phenotypes remains a great challenge. Recent advances in 'big behavioural data'research …

How individuals' prior experience and population evolutionary history shape emergent
patterns in animal collectives remains a major gap in the study of collective behaviour. One …

Wildlife is increasingly exposed to sublethal transient cancer risk factors, including
mutagenic substances, which activates their anti-cancer defences, promotes …

This study investigated how northern pike with two behavioral strategies in the context of
predation interact with natural and artificial baits in simulated angling experiments. Predator …

Inter-individual differences are studied in natural systems, such as fish, bees, and humans,
as they contribute to the complexity of both individual and collective behaviors. However …

Personality refers to an individual feature which is consistent over time and contexts and
modulates how animals perceive and interact with the surrounding environment, influencing …

Behavioral ecology: New technology enables a more holistic view of complex animal behavior |
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Trait anxiety is a major risk factor for stress-induced and anxiety disorders in humans.
However, animal models accounting for the interindividual variability in stress vulnerability …

Background In the excitement about genomics, it is easy to lose sight of one of the most
important findings from behavioural genetics: At least half of the variance of …