Abstract Yawning is a ubiquitous stereotyped action in vertebrates. Yawning may induce behavioral state changes in animals through its arousal function, but no studies have explicitly examined this state-change hypothesis …
Abstract Mobbing is a prey antipredator behaviour aimed to reduce the risk of predation. The behaviour may be innate and/or learned. Evaluating this behaviour on a large spatial scale can …
Abstract In animals, personality (or temperament) is associated with alternative response patterns in reaction to a potential stressor or challenging situation. Aggressiveness is one of the basal behavioral axes of …
Abstract The potential sex-specific differences in animal personality traits (i.e., consistent inter-individual variation in observed behavior) are an active field of inquiry in behavioral ecology. Sexual horn dimorphism, a special …
Abstract The outcomes of preceding fights can influence the probability of winning a subsequent fight, known as the winner/loser effect. However, we know relatively little about how the experience of …
Abstract Metabolic rate correlates with function of the individual, such as foraging patterns and swimming performance. In this study, genetic variation in the routine metabolic rate (RMR) and a correlation …
