Context-dependent trait covariances: how plasticity shapes behavioral syndromes.

ABSTRACT: The study of behavioral syndromes aims to understand among-individual correlations of behavior, yielding insights into the ecological factors and proximate constraints that shape behavior. In parallel, interest has been growing in behavioral plasticity, with results commonly showing that animals vary in their behavioral response to environmental change. These two phenomena are inextricably linked-behavioral syndromes describe cross-trait or cross-context correlations, while variation in behavioral plasticity describes variation in response to changing context. However, they are often discussed separately, with plasticity analyses typically considering a single trait (univariate) across environments, while behavioral trait correlations are studied as multiple traits (multivariate) under one

SUBMITTER: Mitchell DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7937033 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature