Artificial environments and the study of ‘adaptive’ personalities

Research on the adaptive nature of animal personality is blooming. We detail here the common practice of conducting such studies in the laboratory, inherent shortcomings of this approach when addressing ecological or evolutionary questions, and alternative strategies that might be applied to firmly...

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Published in:Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) 2014-05, Vol.29 (5), p.245-247
Main Authors: Niemelä, Petri T., Dingemanse, Niels J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
adaptive evolution
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Applied ecology
Behavior, Animal
Biological and medical sciences
Biological Evolution
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
cryptic genetic variation
Environment
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gene-Environment Interaction
General aspects
Personality
reaction norm
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Summary:Research on the adaptive nature of animal personality is blooming. We detail here the common practice of conducting such studies in the laboratory, inherent shortcomings of this approach when addressing ecological or evolutionary questions, and alternative strategies that might be applied to firmly place personality research in evolutionary biology.
ISSN:0169-5347
1872-8383
DOI:10.1016/j.tree.2014.02.007