... in the context of fire disturbance indicate the positive link (‘performance’) predominates, while allocation, elevated metabolism and suppressed exploration are the result of fire disturbance. Behavioural plasticity Animal personality Basal metabolism Maximum metabolism Post-fire environment...

...Paulo A. Silva; Sandra Trigo; Cristiana I. Marques; Gonçalo C. Cardoso; Marta C. Soares ABSTRACT There is increasing interest in the genetic and physiological bases of behavioural differences among individuals, namely animal personality. One particular dopamine (DA) receptor gene (the dopamine...

... gene expression and monoaminergic function. This suggests divergent stress coping strategies of early and late emerging fish. Animal personality Behaviour Boldness Confinement stress Hypoxia Swim-up Intraspecific variability in behaviour has been described in numerous species...

... fight-or-flight acute stress animal temperament animal personality Orthoptera Gryllidae Predators kill. Animals that avoid being eaten will have an advantage, provided that the fitness costs of that advantage do not outweigh the fitness benefits. Sensitivity to such fitness costs probably...

... expression and infection levels. The multidimensional nature of host manipulation has only recently been recognised: parasites do not target single host traits, but instead suites of interrelated traits. Here, I use recent research on animal personality (behavioural differences among individuals consistent...