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!
| NAME | ANIMAL(S) STUDIES | SELECTED PUBLICATION(S) |
| Anderson, Roland C. | cephalopods, other mollusks | |
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Bauer, Erica |
domestic dogs, primates | |
| Beaudet, R. | domestic dog | 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. |
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Boissy, A. |
mice, cattle |
Boissy A.,
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Bradshaw, J. W. S. |
domestic dogs | |
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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 |
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Carlstead, Kathy |
cats | publications: http://www.aza.org/Publications/2004/09/Animal_Welfare_Science.pdf |
| domestic dogs |
publications: http://www.stanleycoren.com/publications.htm |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Drent, Piet J. |
great tits |
Drent, P.J., K. van Oers, and A. J. van Noordwijk 2003 |
| 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,
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. |
| 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., |
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| Forkman, Björn | domestic dogs | publications: (Complete publication list) |
| Goddard, Peter J. | domestic dogs | |
| Gosling, Samuel D. | ||
| Jones, Amanda C. | ||
| King, James A. | primates | |
| 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.
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| 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 |
| Mollaghan, Diane M. | ||
| Sapolsky, Robert | olive baboons, other primates |
Sapolsky, Robert M. A Primate's Memoir. Touchstone Books: 2002. |
| Seksel, K. | ||
| Serpell, James A. | domestic dogs | |
| Smuts, Barbara B. |
baboons, chimpanzees, other primates; bottlenose dolphins; domestic dogs |
Smuts, Barbara, Sex and Friendship in Baboons, 1999,
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Suomi, Steve S. |
Rhesus monkeys, other primates |
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| Svartberg, Kenth | domestic dogs | |
| 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 |
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Ward, Camille |
crows, domestic dogs | |
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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 | |
| Wemelsfelder, Françoise | pigs | |
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insects, birds, fish |
publications: http://biology.binghamton.edu/dwilson/publications.html | |
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beef cattle |
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