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Is vigilance a personality trait? Plasticity is key alongside some contextual consistency.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2022

Mettke-Hofmann Claudia

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Animals regularly scan their environment for predators and to monitor conspecifics. However, individuals in a group seem to differ in their vigilance linked to age, sex or state with recent links made to personality. The aims of the study were to investigate whether a) individuals differ consistently in their vigilance, b) vigilance is linked to other personality traits and c) other factors affect vigilance in...

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PMID: 36508445
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279066
PMCID: PMC9744299

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