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Animal personality

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Repeatable differences in behaviour among individuals, assessed after accounting for relevant contexts and states. Repeatability does not by itself establish heritability or an adaptive function.
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    • Behavioural repeatability Animal personality
    • Behavioural syndrome Animal personality

Behavioural repeatability

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The fraction of appropriately modelled phenotypic variance associated with among-individual differences across repeated observations. Estimates depend on the timescale, measured setting and covariates.

Behavioural syndrome

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Animal personality
An association among behavioural tendencies across different contexts, distinct from repeatability of one measured behaviour.

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