Early environmental conditions shape personality types in a jumping spider

Individuals of many species across the animal kingdom are found to be less plastic than expected, even in behavioral traits. The existence of consistent behavioral differences between individuals, termed personality differences, is puzzling, since plastic behavior is considered ideal to enable anima...

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Main Authors: Jannis eLiedtke, Daniel eRedekop, Jutta M Schneider, Wiebke eSchuett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2015.00134/full