Publications by authors named "C Delme"
In recent years, we have begun to appreciate that social behaviours might exhibit repeatable among-individual variation. Such behavioural traits may even covary and have critical evolutionary implications. Importantly, some social behaviours such as aggressiveness have been shown to provide fitness benefits, including higher reproductive success and survival.
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- - The study examines how eastern water dragons adapt their social behavior based on environmental factors like sex ratio and density, highlighting that these behaviors are influenced by both genetic and non-genetic factors.
- - Researchers model individual variations in social behavior over multiple years, discovering that while individuals show consistent behavioral patterns, the genetic heritability of these behaviors is low.
- - The findings suggest that environmental influences, possibly through social learning and interactions, play a significant role in shaping the social behavior of these lizards, and further research will help clarify these dynamics.