“…Reports to date on personality shifts across ontogeny and over longer periods of the life history of a species indicate that some aspects of personality are set early in life (Gyuris et al., ; Mazué, Dechaume‐Moncharmont, & Godin, ; Wilson & Krause, ), whereas other aspects of personality are unstable across ontogeny (Bell & Stamps, ; Hedrick & Kortet, ; Johnson & Sih, ; Niemelä et al., ; Petelle et al., ; Sinn et al., ; Wuerz & Krüger, ). Consistent with our study, Wuerz and Krüger () noted that traits can be repeatable across the life cycle (i.e., fearlessness/boldness) or only consistent within certain life stages between sexes (aggression, exploration, and activity), which is within the range of repeatabilities described in general (Bell, Hankison, & Laskowski, ; Wolak, Fairbairn, & Paulsen, ).…”