Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Introduction: Animal Personalities: Who Cares and Why? 1
5. Part I. Personalities across Animal Taxa
6. Chapter 1. The Bold and the Spineless: Invertebrate Personalities 13
7. Chapter 2. Evolutionary Perspectives on Personality in Stickleback Fish 36
8. Chapter 3. Avian Personality 66
9. Chapter 4. Differential Behavioral Ecology: The Structure, Life History, and Evolution of Primate Personality 96
10. Chapter 5. Personalities in a Comparative Perspective: What Do Human Psychologists Glean from Animal Personality Studies? 124
11. Part II. Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution of Animal Personalities
12. Chapter 6. Quantitative and Molecular Genetics of Animal Personality 149
13. Chapter 7. What Is the Evidence that Natural Selection Maintains Variation in Animal Personalities? 201
14. Chapter 8. Frontiers on the Interface between Behavioral Syndromes and Social Behavioral Ecology 221
15. Chapter 9. The Evolution of Animal Personalities 252
16. Part III. Development of Personalities and Their Underlying Mechanisms
17. Chapter 10. Ontogeny of Stable Individual Differences: Gene, Environment, and Epigenetic Mechanisms 279
18. Chapter 11. Parental Influences on Offspring Personality Traits in Oviparous and Placental Vertebrates 317
19. Chapter 12. Neuroendocrine and Autonomic Correlates of Animal Personalities 353
20. Part IV. Implications of Personality Research for Conservation Biology, Animal Welfare, and Human Health
21. Chapter 13. Animal Personality and Conservation Biology: The Importance of Behavioral Diversity 381
22. Chapter 14. Personality Variation in Cultured Fish: Implications for Production and Welfare 414
23. Chapter 15. Behavioral, Physiological, and Health Biases in Laboratory Rodents: A Basis for Understanding Mechanistic Links between Human Personality and Health 441
24. Index 499