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Brief Communication Arising
Nature 450, E5 (8 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/nature06326; Received 26 June 2007; Accepted 3 September 2007
Evolution of animal personalities
Richard McElreath1, Barney Luttbeg2, Sean P. Fogarty2, Tomas Brodin2 & Andrew Sih2
Abstract
Arising from: M. Wolf, G. S. van Doorn, O. Leimar & F. J. Weissing Nature 447, 581–584 (2007); Wolf et al. reply
Wolf et al.1 propose a model to explain the existence of animal personalities, consistent with behavioural differences among individuals in various contexts2, 3, 4—their explanation is counter-intuitive and cogent. However, all models have their limits, and the particular life-history requirements of this one may be unclear. Here we analyse their model and clarify its organismal scope.
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