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Boldness-aggression syndromes can reduce population density: behavior and demographic heterogeneity

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  • Bruce E Kendall
  • Gordon A Fox
  • Joseph P Stover
  • Shinichi NakagawaHandling editor

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Aggression may be good for the individual but bad for the group. In many species, some individuals have an aggressive “personality†that helps in some circumstances (beating out rivals for a mate) but not in others (staring down a predator). Using mathematical models, we show that the evolution of personalities to a mixture that maximizes individual fitness can reduce the population’s overall abundance. This may increase the risk that the population goes extinct.

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  • Bruce E Kendall & Gordon A Fox & Joseph P Stover & Shinichi NakagawaHandling editor, 2018. "Boldness-aggression syndromes can reduce population density: behavior and demographic heterogeneity," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(1), pages 31-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:1:p:31-41.
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