Personality differentially affects individual mate choice decisions in female and male Western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis).

ABSTRACT: Consistent individual differences in behavioral tendencies (animal personality) can affect individual mate choice decisions. We asked whether personality traits affect male and female mate choice decisions similarly and whether potential personality effects are consistent across different mate choice situations. Using western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) as our study organism, we characterized focal individuals (males and females) twice for boldness, activity, and sociability/shoaling and found high and significant behavioral repeatability. Additionally, each focal individual was tested in two different dichotomous mate choice tests in which it could choose between computer-animated stimulus fish of the opposite sex that differed in body size and activity levels, respectively. Personali

SUBMITTER: Chen BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5953439 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature