Personality and behavioural syndromes in two species of fruit bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) – Miguel et al., 2024 Introduction Evolution of behaviour works best when there is a wide variation in strategies used by individuals because this flexibility allows for populations to adapt better to environmental fluctuations Animal personality – defined as consistency of an individualsContinue reading “Bats have personalities”
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Commentary – Social Living/Isolation Affects Mite Personality
Personality expression is shaped by the early experienced social context in predatory mites- A commentary on the Schausberger and Nguyen, 2024 paper by Chiara, 2025 As this paper is a commentary on a previous paper, there are no subheadings thus this post will mainly be bullet points The first researcher who may have studied personalityContinue reading “Commentary – Social Living/Isolation Affects Mite Personality”
Social Living/Isolation Affects Mite Personality
Early social isolation disrupts adult personality expression in group-living mites – Schausberger and Nguyen, 2024 Introduction A critical social condition is whether or not newborns experience conspecifics during their early development If social isolation occurs very early in life, this can have dramatic adverse impacts on behavioural, physiological and other serious implications For example, socialContinue reading “Social Living/Isolation Affects Mite Personality”
Animal personality and social niches
Animal personality due to social niche specialization – Bergmueller & Taborsky, 2010 Definitions Animal Personality – Consistent differences between individuals in the behaviour across time and context Behavioural Consistency – this means that the behaviour of individuals remains stable over time while each individual specifically does not express the full range of behavioural trait valuesContinue reading “Animal personality and social niches”
