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In an effort to stay on top of trends and developments in animal personality research, we maintain a biography of researchers whose work is in or relates to the topic. Not all of these researchers would describe their area of study as "animal personality," but all of them do research with potential for improving our understanding of animal personality.

This is, by no means, an exhaustive list of researchers' whose work is informative about non-human animal personality. If you know of a researcher who should be included here, please e-mail us!

Summary of Animal Personality Researchers, organized alphabetically.

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Name - animal studies (Click for selected publications)

Anderson, Roland C. - cephalopods, other mollusks

Bauer, Erica - domestic dogs, primates

Beaudet, R. - domestic dogs

Beilharz, Rolf - domestic dogs

Blumstein, Daniel T. - fish and marmosets

Boissy, A. - mice, cattle

Bradshaw, J. W. S. - domestic dogs

Bremner-Harrison, Samantha - Wild and captive canids

Budaev, Sergey - guppies, domestic dogs

Capitanio, John P. - rhesus macaques, other primates

Carlstead, Kathy - cats

Coren, Stanley - domestic dogs

Depue, Richard - humans, mice

Dingermanse, Niels - great tits

Drent, Piet J. - great tits

Erhard, Hans W. - farm animals, pigs

Figueredo, Aurelio José - insects, birds, primates

Forkman, Björn - domestic dogs

Goddard, Peter J. - domestic dogs

Gosling, Samuel D. - dogs, primates, hyenas

Grajfoner, Dasha - horses

Hani Freeman - Chimpanzees

Jones, Amanda C. - dogs

King, James A. - primates

La Rue, P.A.

Ledger, Rebecca - domestic dogs

Mather, Jennifer - octopuses

Mills, Daniel S. - horses, domestic dogs, domestic cats

Mollaghan, Diane M. - dogs

Sapolsky, Robert - olive baboons, other primates

Sasha Dell - Zebra Finches

Seksel, K.

Serpell, James A. - domestic dogs

Smuts, Barbara B. - baboons, chimpanzees, other primates, bottlenose dolphins, domestic dogs

Suomi, Steve S. - Rhesus monkeys, other primates

Svartberg, Kenth - domestic dogs

van Oers, Kees - great tits, oystercatchers, other birds, poison frogs

Weiss, Alexander - chimpanzees (in zoos)

Weiss, Emily - domestic dogs

Wemelsfelder, Françoise - pigs

Wilson, David Sloan - insects, birds, fish

Wilson, Doyle E. - beef cattle



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			ANIMAL PERSONALITY RESEARCHERS
			In an effort to stay on top of trends and developments in animal personality research, we maintain a biography of researchers whose work is in or relates to the topic. Not all of these researchers would describe their area of study as "animal personality," but all of them do research with potential for improving our understanding of animal personality. This is, by no means, an exhaustive list of researchers' whose work is informative about non-human animal personality. If you know of a researcher who should be included here, please e-mail us!
		Summary of Animal Personality Researchers, organized alphabetically. How would you like to organize this list? By name or by species? Name - animal studies (Click for selected publications)
	Anderson, Roland C. - cephalopods, other mollusks No Selected Publications Bauer, Erica - domestic dogs, primates No Selected Publications Beaudet, R. - domestic dogs Beaudet, R., Chalifoux, A., & Dallaire, A., 1994. Predictive value of activity level and behavioral evaluation on future dominance in puppies. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 40, 273-284. Beilharz, Rolf - domestic dogs Bradshaw, J. W. S., & Goodwin, D., 1998. Determination of behavioural traits of pure-bred dogs using factor analysis and cluster analysis; a comparison of studies in the USA and UK. Res. Vet. Sci. 66(1), 73-76. Blumstein, Daniel T. - fish and marmosets No Selected Publications Boissy, A. - mice, cattle Boissy A., Veissier I. , Roussel S., 2001. Emotional reactivity affected by chronic stress: an experimental approach in calves submitted to environmental instability. Animal Welfare. 10, S175-S185. http://compact.jouy.inra.fr/compact/CONSULTER/INTER/external/unites/toedit/1213 Bradshaw, J. W. S. - domestic dogs No Selected Publications Bremner-Harrison, Samantha - Wild and captive canids Bremner-Harrison S., Prodohl, P. A., and Elwood, R. W. 2004. Behavioural trait assessment as a release criterion: boldness predicts early death in a reintroduction programme of captive-bred swift fox (Vulpes velox). Animal Conservation 7: 313-320. Budaev, Sergey** - guppies, domestic dogs Budaev, S.V. (1997) “Personality” in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata): A correlational study of exploratory behavior and social tendency. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 111, 399-411. Capitanio, John P. - rhesus macaques, other primates Publications: http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/Capitanio/pubs.html Website: http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/Capitanio/ Carlstead, Kathy - cats Publications: http://www.aza.org/Publications/2004/09/Animal_Welfare_Science.pdf Coren, Stanley - domestic dogs Publications: http://www.stanleycoren.com/publications.htm Website: http://www.stanleycoren.com/ Depue, Richard - humans, mice Depue, R.A. & Collins, P.F. (19XX). Neurobiology of the structure of personality: Dopamine, facilitation of incentive motivation, and extraversion. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, XX (X): XXX-XXX Website: ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/BBS/.WWW/bbs.depue.html Dingermanse, Niels - great tits Niels J. Dingemanse, Christiaan Both, Arie J. van Noordwijk,Anne L. Rutten & Piet J. Drent, NATAL DISPERSAL AND PERSONALITIES IN GREAT TITS (PARUS MAJOR), Proceedings of the Royal Society London B (2003) 270, 741-747 http://www.library.uu.nl/digiarchief/dip/diss/2003-1218-101459/c4.pdf Niels J. Dingemanse1, Christiaan Both1,2, Arie J. van Noordwijk1,Anne L. Rutten2,3 and Piet J. Drent1, (2002) Natal dispersal and personalities in great tits( Parus major) Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B http://www.nioo.nl/ppages/kvanoers/downloads/1/niels_procroysoc.pdf Drent, Piet J.* - great tits Drent, P.J., K. van Oers, and A. J. van Noordwijk 2003 Realised heritability of personalities in the great tit (Parus major) Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 270: 45-51 Full article: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~abadyaev/beclub/16.pdf Erhard, Hans W. - farm animals, pigs Erhard, H.W. and Schouten, W.P.G., 2001. Individual differences and personality. In: Keeling, L. and Gonyou, H. (eds.) Social Behaviour in Farm Animals. CAB International, Wallingford , UK. Erhard, H.W. & Mendl, M.., 1997. Measuring aggressiveness in growing pigs in a resident-intruder situation. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 54 (2-3): 123-136. Figueredo, Aurelio José - insects, birds, primates White, J.W., Smith, P.H., Koss, M.P., & Figueredo, A.J., 2000. Intimate partner aggression: What have we learned? Commentary on Archer's meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 126(5), 690-696 Figueredo, A.J. (2000). Commentary on Chapters 10-14: Genetic influences on sexuality, marriage, and reproduction. In Rodgers, J.L., Rowe , D.C. , Miller, W.B., (Eds.), Genetic influences on human fertility and sexuality: Theoretical and empirical contributions from the biological and behavioral sciences (Pp. 317-323). Norwell , MA : Kluwer Academic Publishers. Website: http://psychology.arizona.edu/people/each_detail.php?option=1&detail=12&mtitle=Core%20Faculty Forkman, Björn - domestic dogs Publications: (Complete publication list) Goddard, Peter J. - domestic dogs No Selected Publications Gosling, Samuel D. - dogs, primates, hyenas Gosling, S. D. (1998). Personality dimensions in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 112, 107-118. Gosling, S. D. (2001). From mice to men: What can we learn about personality from animal research? Psychological Bulletin, 127, 45-86. Gosling, S. D., & John, O. P. (1999). Personality dimensions in non-human animals: A cross-species review. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 8, 69-75. Gosling, S. D., & Vazire, S. (2002). Are we barking up the right tree? Evaluating a comparative approach to personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 36, 607-614. Grajfoner, Dasha - horses No Selected Publications Hani Freeman - Chimpanzees No Selected Publications Jones, Amanda C. - dogs Jones, A. C., & Gosling, S. D. (2005). Temperament and personality in dogs (Canis familiaris): A review and evaluation of past research. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 95, 1-53. King, James A. - primates No Selected Publications La Rue, P.A. La Rue P.A., Mills D.S. (translators) Pageat’s Behavioural Pathology of the Dog Ledger, Rebecca - domestic dogs LEDGER, R.A. & Baxter, M.B., (1997). Assessing owner attitudes to dog behaviour: A case for owner-dog matching. In: Proc. of the Int. Conference on Veterinary Behaviour Therapy, April 1 & 2, 1997. Birmingham . Mather, Jennifer - octopuses Mather, J.A. & Anderson R.C. (1998). What behavior can we expect of octopuses? [Online]. Available: http://is.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/behavior.html [1998, April 08]. Mills, Daniel S. - horses, domestic dogs, domestic cats Mills D.S., Mills C.B. (2003) Problem behaviour and its management, Veterinary Nursing 3rd Edition, Eds Lane D.R. & Cooper B., Butterworth Heinemann, 749-759 Mills D.S. & Cheatham B. (1996) The description of horse personality. In: Book of Abstracts of the 47th Annual meeting of the European Association of Animal Production. Ed. van Arendonk JAM. Wageningen Pers, Wageningen, The Netherlands , 284 Mollaghan, Diane M. - dogs No Selected Publications Sapolsky, Robert - olive baboons, other primates Sapolsky, Robert M. A Primate's Memoir. Touchstone Books: 2002. Sasha Dell - Zebra Finches Dall S.R.X., Giraldeau L.A., Olsson O., McNamara J.M. & Stephens D.W. (2005). Information and its use by animals in evolutionary ecology. Trends Ecol. Evol. 20: 187-193. Dall S.R.X. & Boyd I.L. (2004). Evolution of mammals: lactation helps mothers to cope with unreliable food supplies. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 271: 2049-2057. Dall S.R.X. , Houston A.I., & McNamara J.M. (2004). The behavioural ecology of personality: consistent individual differences from an adaptive perspective. Ecol. Lett.7: 734-739. Seksel, K. No Selected Publications Serpell, James A. - domestic dogs No Selected Publications Smuts, Barbara B. - baboons, chimpanzees, other primates, bottlenose dolphins, domestic dogs Smuts, Barbara, Sex and Friendship in Baboons, 1999, Harvard University Press Suomi, Steve S. - Rhesus monkeys, other primates No Selected Publications Svartberg, Kenth - domestic dogs No Selected Publications van Oers, Kees - great tits, oystercatchers, other birds, poison frogs Kees van Oers, Piet J. Drent, Piet de Goede and Arie J. van Noordwijk (2003) “Realized heritability and repeatability of risk-taking behaviour in relation to avian personalities”, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Publications: home.wanadoo.nl/tanja.kees/Index.htm Website: http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/PPAGES/kvanoers/ Weiss, Alexander - chimpanzees (in zoos) The heritability of personality factors ; zoo housed chimpanzees have shown six reliable personality factors, five of which resemble the human; http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/people/awei/index_html Weiss, Emily - domestic dogs No Selected Publications Wemelsfelder, Françoise - pigs No Selected Publications Wilson, David Sloan - insects, birds, fish Publications: http://biology.binghamton.edu/dwilson/publications.html Wilson, Doyle E. - beef cattle Wilson, D.E., R.L. Willham, S.L. Northcutt and G.H. Rouse. 1993. Genetic parameters for carcass traits estimated from Angus field records. J. Anim. Sci. 71:2365-2370.