Metamorphosis and animal personality: a neglected opportunity

Alexander D M Wilson; Jens Krause

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2012.07.003

Metamorphosis and animal personality: a neglected opportunity

Trends Ecol Evol. 2012 Oct;27(10):529-31. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.07.003. Epub 2012 Jul 21.

Authors

Alexander D M Wilson¹, Jens Krause

Affiliation

¹ Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of the Biology and Ecology of Fishes, 12587 Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 22824739
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.07.003

Abstract

Developmental perspectives represent an underutilized area of animal personality research, in spite of their obvious importance in biology. Animals that undergo metamorphosis are particularly neglected and represent a unique in situ experimental opportunity to study how personality differences are associated with physiological, morphological, or ecological traits over development.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Behavior, Animal / physiology*
Biological Evolution
Ecosystem*
Invertebrates / classification
Invertebrates / growth & development*
Metamorphosis, Biological / physiology*
Personality Development
Species Specificity
Vertebrates / classification
Vertebrates / growth & development*