Activity-aggression behavioural syndromes exist in males but not in females of the field cricket Teleogryllus emma.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies on sex differences in behaviour have largely focused on differences in average behaviours between sexes. However, males and females can diverge not only in average behaviours but also in the direction of behavioural correlations at the individual level (i.e. behavioural syndromes). Behavioural syndromes, with their potential to constrain the independent evolution of behaviours, may play a role in shaping sex-specific responses to selection and contributing to the development of sex differences in behaviour. Despite the pivotal role of behavioural syndromes in the evolution of sexual dimorphism in behaviour, robust empirical evidence of sex differences in behavioural syndromes based on repeated measurements of behaviours is scarce. In this study, we conducted repeated measu

SUBMITTER: Han CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582681 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature