Scott and I will have to devise standard criteria to judge the behavior of each fisher that we film near a flamingo and score them along the shyness-boldness personality axis.
When it comes to wooing females, it's not just the size of a male gazelle's antlers or the boldness of his personality that counts it's the number of parasites he's harboring.
In birds boldness is a personality trait linked with aggressive behavior [30].
But a recent study by Magnhagen and Staffan (Behav Ecol Sociobiol 57 295 303, 2005) on young perch in small groups showed that boldness, a central personality trait, is also shaped by social interactions and by previous experience.
Mitchell, through sheer toughness of personality and boldness of talent, eclipsed all but one of her peers in the second generation of Abstract Expressionism.
This may indicate that the present design may not be useful to reflect true exploratory behaviour, and thus may be unsuitable to detect differences in personality, such as boldness.
Scientists have described five major axes of personality variation: shyness-boldness, exploration-avoidance, activity, sociability and aggressiveness.
Now scientists have found that personality traits such as boldness and shyness can determine how sociable a kangaroo is.
Therefore, it can be assumed that boldness and activity are very common personality axis in small mammals.
Known as a disciplined candidate and personality, Mr. Obama earned praise for boldness with the daring Special Forces operation in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, although that obscured the months of secret deliberations the public did not see.
The challenge -- taking over an unbalanced and high-priced roster of $88 million with many players who have little trade value -- will probably take time, luck and the boldness that is inherent to Thomas's personality.
