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Personality in the cockroach Diploptera punctata: Evidence for stability across developmental stages despite age effects on boldness.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Stanley Christina R, Mettke-Hofmann Claudia, Preziosi Richard F
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Despite a recent surge in the popularity of animal personality studies and their wide-ranging associations with various aspects of behavioural ecology, our understanding of the development of personality over ontogeny remains poorly understood. Stability over time is a central tenet of personality; ecological pressures experienced by an individual at different life stages may, however, vary considerably, which...
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