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Demystifying animal 'personality' (or not): why individual variation matters to experimental biologists.
The Journal of experimental biology - 15 Dec 2016
Roche Dominique G, Careau Vincent, Binning Sandra A
Abstract excerpt
Animal 'personality', defined as repeatable inter-individual differences in behaviour, is a concept in biology that faces intense controversy. Critics argue that the field is riddled with terminological and methodological inconsistencies and lacks a sound theoretical framework. Nevertheless, experimental biologists are increasingly studying individual differences in physiology and relating these to differences in...
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