What Do We Want to Know About Personality in Marine Mammals?

Frick, Erin E.; Vere, Amber J. de; Kuczaj, Stan A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59300-5_12

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“…Despite the obvious importance of animal personality, the research field is still facing some shortcomings. For example, there is a severe lack of field studies, in contrast to the vast number of laboratory‐based studies carried out (Archard & Braithwaite, 2010 ; Blaszczyk, 2020 ; Carere & Maestripieri, 2013 ; Frick et al, 2017 ; Hertel et al, 2020 ). This skew is unfortunate since laboratory‐based experiments often are affected by a number of constraints, for example, captivity stress, selective trapping, learning, homogeneity of the laboratory environment, artificial and relaxed selection, and reduced pool of potential mates (reviewed by Archard & Braithwaite, 2010 ).…”

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Adult insect personality in the wild—Calopteryx splendens as a model for field studies

Gołąb

Śniegula

Antoł

et al. 2021

Ecology and Evolution

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Animal personality has received increasing interest and acknowledgment within ecological research over the past two decades. However, some areas are still poorly studied and need to be developed. For instance, field studies focused on invertebrates are currently highly underrepresented in the literature. More studies including a wider variety of traits measured and species tested are needed to improve our understanding of trait‐correlation patterns and generalities. We studied nine behavioral traits, in the damselfly Calopteryx splendens, from an array of three experiments: (i) courtship, (ii) aggressiveness, and (iii) boldness, and calculated their repeatability. The behaviors were measured twice in two different contexts: (i) undisturbed territory and (ii) partially deteriorated territory. Traits related to courtship and boldness were all repeatable across the two contexts. Among aggressive behaviors, only one trait (number of hits) was repeatable. This work demonstrates, for the first time, the presence of within‐population personality differences in an adult damselfly in the wild. We further propose C. splendens as a promising model species for testing personality in the wild under highly controlled environmental conditions.

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Adult insect personality in the wild—Calopteryx splendens as a model for field studies

Gołąb

Śniegula

Antoł

et al. 2021

Ecology and Evolution

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“…Previous research in other species, including fish and elk, found a connection between boldness and the degree to which subjects were lateralized in their behavior (Brown & Bibost, 2014;Found & St. Clair, 2017). For marine mammals, personality traits are often assessed using behavioral measures and/or caretaker ratings of individual differences (Frick et al, 2017). No significant correlations between laterality and interest in stimuli were found in the present study; however, for bottlenose dolphins only, there was a negative correlation for ratings of subjects as curious and degree of laterality.…”

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Laterality of Eye Use by Bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and Rough-Toothed (Steno bredanensis) Dolphins While Viewing Predictable and Unpredictable Stimuli

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Yeater³

2020

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Laterality of eye use has been increasingly studied in cetaceans. Research supports that many cetacean species keep prey on the right side while feeding and preferentially view unfamiliar objects with the right eye. In contrast, the left eye has been used more by calves while in close proximity to their mothers. Despite some discrepancies across and within species, laterality of eye use generally indicates functional specialization of brain hemispheres in cetaceans. The present study aimed to examine laterality of eye use in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) under managed care. Subjects were video-recorded through an underwater window while viewing two different stimuli, one predictable and static and the other unpredictable and moving. Bottlenose dolphins displayed an overall right-eye preference, especially while viewing the unpredictable, moving stimulus. Rough-toothed dolphins did not display eye preference while viewing stimuli. No significant correlations between degree of laterality and behavioral interest in the stimuli were found. Only for bottlenose dolphins were the degree of laterality and curiosity ratings correlated. This study extends research on cetacean lateralization to a species not extensively examined and to stimuli that varied in movement and degree of predictability. Further research is needed to make conclusions regarding lateralization in cetaceans.

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“…The study of individual differences is an example. Not only does this topic have clear relevance for the survival and reproductive fitness of many animals (Smith & Blumstein 2008;Sargeant & Mann 2009), knowledge of individual characteristics has also implications for social grouping management and reproductive compatibility both in the wild and in zoological facilities (Highfill & Kuczaj 2007Frick et al 2017). Measurable behaviours, operational definitions, rating scales and tests of various components of personality (e.g., neophobia, curiosity) are outcomes of captive-based research that could inform research on wild belugas.…”

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Synergy between behavioural research on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) conducted in zoological and wild settings

2021

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Behavioural observations of captive beluga whales have complemented and extended much of what has been learnt about this species in the wild. Aquarium-based research has provided finer-scale specificity for many topics, including the seasonal breeding pattern that is characteristic of this species, as well as socio-sexual behaviour that appears to be an important part of the behavioural repertoire of this species. One example is a strong propensity for male–male social interactions that begin to develop at an early age. In addition, detailed behavioural milestones in calves have been documented in ways that extend that which have been collected from wild populations. These include swim positions with mother, separations/reunions with mother, and other social interactions, and play. Characteristics of beluga maternal care have also been studied more often in captive settings than in the wild, particularly with respect to details pertaining to nursing behaviour, individual differences in maternal style and allomaternal care. Other topics that have received scientific scrutiny in zoological settings include individual differences and behavioural laterality. Thus, a greater understanding of beluga behavioural biology has the potential to emerge as a consequence of synergy between research conducted in the two settings.

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What Do We Want to Know About Personality in Marine Mammals?

Cited by 7 publications

References 94 publications

Adult insect personality in the wild—Calopteryx splendens as a model for field studies

Adult insect personality in the wild—Calopteryx splendens as a model for field studies

Laterality of Eye Use by Bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and Rough-Toothed (Steno bredanensis) Dolphins While Viewing Predictable and Unpredictable Stimuli

Synergy between behavioural research on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) conducted in zoological and wild settings

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