Keystone individuals – linking predator traits to community ecology

LaBarge, Laura R. (author), Krofel, Miha (author), Allen, Maximilian L. (author), Hill, Russell A. (author), Welch, Andreanna J. (author), Allan, Andrew T.L. (author)

Individual behavioral plasticity enables animals to adjust to different scenarios. Yet, personality traits limit this flexibility, leading to consistent interindividual differences in behavior. These individual behavioral traits have the potential to govern community interactions, although testing this is difficult in complex natural systems. For large predators who often exert strong effects on ecosystem functioning, this behavioral diversity may be especially important and lead to individualized ecosystem roles. We present a framework for quantifying individual behavioral plasticity and personality traits of large wild predators, revealing the extent to which certain natural behaviors are governed by these latent traits. The outcomes will reveal how the innate characteristics of wildlife can scale up to affect community interactions.

• Language: English
• Keywords: personality traits, plasticity, predators, carnivores, ecosystems, community ecology
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 05.11.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 983-994
• Numbering: Vol. 39, no. 11
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-165010
• UDC: 591.531.2
• ISSN on article: 1872-8383
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.07.001
• COBISS.SI-ID: 203036419
• Publication date in RUL: 20.11.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
• Publisher: Elsevier Current Trends Journals
• ISSN: 1872-8383
• COBISS.SI-ID: 23112197

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: individualne lastnosti, plastičnost, plenilci, zveri, ekosistemi, ekologija združb

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Project number: ECF-2023-318
• Name: Early Career Research Fellowship