What Is the Evidence that Natural Selection Maintains Variation in Animal Personalities?
What Is the Evidence that Natural Selection Maintains Variation in Animal Personalities?
This chapter investigates the role of evolutionary mechanisms in maintaining behavioral variation in animals. It analyzes whether natural selection favors situations where both phenotypic variation and behavioral consistency are maintained at the same time. The chapter focuses on empirical studies conducted in wild populations, which document selection acting on behavioral consistency.
Keywords: evolutionary mechanisms, behavioral variation, natural selection, phenotypic variation, selection acting, behavioral consistency
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