#399 Niels Dingemanse: Ecology, Behavioral Plasticity, and Animal Personality
RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 24th 2020.
Dr. Niels Dingemanse is Tenured Professor in Behavioural Ecology in the Department of Biology at the Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany. He conducts evolutionary behavioral ecology research, asking questions about the adaptive evolution of behavioral strategies, and their genetic architectures, within an ecological context. His research is motivated by behavioral ecology, life-history, and quantitative genetics theory, and seeks to test predictions and assumptions of adaptive theory using observational and experimental approaches in the laboratory and the wild.
In this episode, we focus on animal personality. We discuss the relationship between ecology and evolutionary biology, the evolution of behavioral traits, and behavioral plasticity. We then get into personality, and go through its behavioral genetics, social roles, and ecological aspects individuals respond to.
Time Links:
The relationship between ecology and evolutionary biology
The evolution of behavioral traits
Behavioral plasticity
Animal personality
Behavioral genetics of personality
Are personality traits adaptations?
Social roles and personality
Ecological aspects individuals respond to
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Follow Dr. Dingemanse’s work:
Faculty page: https://bit.ly/3cz6HnK
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/360HyB2
Twitter handle: @DingemanseLab