Repeatability
- An intra-population heterothermy continuum: notable repeatability of body temperature variation in food-deprived yellow-necked mice
Summary: Intra-specific analysis of the heterothermic response in a wild mammal supports a novel specialist–generalist theoretical model for endothermic thermoregulation.
- Underlying mechanisms and ecological context of variation in exploratory behavior of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile
Summary: Exploratory behavior in the Argentine ant is persistent and linked to the expression of the foraging gene. Workers outside the nest are more exploratory than those inside.
- Individual variation in metabolic reaction norms over ambient temperature causes low correlation between basal and standard metabolic rate
Summary: Individual differences in cold response mean that minimal energy expenditure can be better quantified at ecologically relevant ambient temperatures.
- Demystifying animal ‘personality’ (or not): why individual variation matters to experimental biologists
Summary: Approaches used in quantitative genetics and animal personality research are useful to study the ecological and evolutionary consequences of individual variation in behaviour, physiology, performance and other complex traits.