Flexible males, proactive females: personality tests show increased boldness/exploration in colonists damping with time in males but not in females
Andrey V. Tchabovsky, Elena N. Surkova, Ludmila E. Savinetskaya, Ivan S. Khropov
The paper examines sex-specific changes in boldness and exploration in midday gerbils, finding that female colonists retain bold traits over generations while male traits decline.
Royal Society Open Science · Dec 1, 2024Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition