Fitness consequences of personality: a meta-analysis

By B. R. Smith, Daniel T. Blumstein. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Behavioural syndromes and trappability in free-living collared flycatchers, Ficedula albicollis (2009, background): “…in many animals, because consistent individual variation in a suite of behavioural traits may drive important life history trade-offs (e.g. Hedrick 2000; Bell 2005; Sinn & Moltschaniwskyj 2005; Duckworth 2006; Bell & Sih 2007; Duckworth & Badyaev 2007; Wolf et al. 2007; Smith & Blumstein 2008).”
Fish behavioral types and their ecological consequences (2014, neutral): “For example, it is commonly assumed that boldness may have a positive effect on individual fitness through increased energy gain and (or) reproductive success, but it may have a negative effect due to reduced survival (Stamps 2007; Smith and Blumstein 2008).”
The effect of variation in boldness and aggressiveness on the reproductive success of zebrafish (2012, background): “…Tamias striatus: Patterson & Schulte-Hostedde 2011, and that females prefer to mate with them (broad-headed skinks: Cooper & Vitt 1987; guppies: Godin & Dugatkin 1996), although this may be at the cost of longterm survival (reviewed in Sih et al. 2004b; Stamps 2007; Smith & Blumstein 2008).”
Personality affects learning performance in difficult tasks in a sex-dependent way (2012, background): “Personality traits are related to fitness differences between individuals, indicating their ecological and evolutionary importance (Smith & Blumstein 2008).”
Passive gear‐induced timidity syndrome in wild fish populations and its potential ecological and managerial implications (2017, positive): “In fact, bold, risky behaviour is often related to high natural mortality (Smith and Blumstein 2008), suggesting that timid fish might actually exhibit lower natural mortality levels.”
The repeatability of behaviour: a meta-analysis (2009, background): “…more aggressive, more exploratory, or more bold than other individuals and that these consistent individual differences in behaviour are often heritable (Boake 1994; Stirling et al. 2002; Kolliker 2005; van Oers et al. 2005) and related to fitness (Dingemanse & Reale 2005; Smith & Blumstein 2008).”
Personality differences explain leadership in barnacle geese (2009, background): “…behavioural and physiological reactions are often correlated, suggesting that these differences are fundamental aspects of the behavioural organization of individuals and are the subject of natural (Dingemanse & Reale 2005; Smith & Blumstein 2008) or sexual selection (van Oers et al. 2008).”
Collective personalities in honeybee colonies are linked to colony fitness (2011, background): “…also display consistent, heritable differences in personality traits such as boldness, tendency to explore and aggressiveness (Wilson 1998; Gosling 2001; Bell et al. 2009) and that these traits can be linked to survival and reproductive success (Dingemanse & Réale 2005; Smith & Blumstein 2008).”
Personality traits predict hierarchy rank in male rainbowfish social groups (2011, background): “To appreciate fully the importance of personality traits from an evolutionary perspective, it is imperative that they are directly linked with individual fitness measures (Smith & Blumstein 2008).”