Regulation between personality traits: individual social tendencies modulate whether boldness and leadership are correlated.

ABSTRACT: Although consistent behavioural differences between individuals (i.e. personality variation) are now well established in animals, these differences are not always expressed when individuals interact in social groups. This can be key in important social dynamics such as leadership, which is often positively related to personality traits such as boldness. Individuals consistently differ in how social they are (their sociability), so if other axes of personality variation, such as boldness, can be suppressed during social interactions, this suppression should be stronger in more sociable individuals. We measured boldness (latency to leave a refuge when alone) and sociability (time spent with a conspecific) in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and tested the boldness-leadershi

SUBMITTER: Bevan PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6015863 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature