When the mean no longer matters: developmental diet affects behavioral variation but not population averages in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus)

Raphaël Royauté and Ned A. Dochtermann

Behavioral Ecology, 2017, vol. 28, issue 1, 337-345

Abstract: Lay Summary Understanding behavioral differences in animals is a complex task as many factors play a strong role in shaping these differences. Here, we show that house crickets exposed to a low quality diet over development expressed stronger differences among individuals relative to within individuals when responding to predator cues, compared to individuals exposed to a high quality diet. Our research stresses the importance of variation in developmental environment when investigating factors affecting behavioral variation.Twitter: @RRoyaute

Keywords: activity; animal personality; antipredator response; behavioral syndromes; behavioral variation; developmental conditions; diet quality; house crickets; permanent environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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