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Spring 2015

Seaver, Cheryl Marie Sedlak

Animal personality, patterns of behavior that are consistent across time and contexts, is a growing area of study and has been documented in a wide array of species. Some personality traits show sex differences. Recent work on the kribensis cichlid (Pelvicachromis pulcher) suggests that some...

Fall 2014

Kelley, Amanda D

Animal personality – defined as consistent differences in behaviour among individuals – is a growing field in behavioural ecology due to its demonstrated effects on fitness. However, the ontogeny of personality under natural conditions remains relatively unexplored. In this thesis, I examine the...

Spring 2022

Bubac, Christine Marie

Individual variation provides the material for natural selection to act upon, influencing ecological and evolutionary processes. Much phenotypic variation in traits, such as behaviour and life-history, have a moderate to high heritable component, suggesting that these traits may have adaptive...

Fall 2014

Carleton, Heather L.

Purpose: My aim in this thesis was to investigate the relationship between resident aggression towards care aides and quality of care in long-term care (LTC). Design: This is a paper-based thesis comprised of an introduction and overview, a critical review of the literature and an empirical...

Fall 2009

Reddon, Adam R.

Cerebral lateralization was once thought to be unique to humans, but is now known to be widespread among the vertebrates. Lateralization appears to confer cognitive advantages upon those that possess it. Despite the taxonomic ubiquity and described advantages of lateralization, substantial...

Fall 2014

Moscicki, Michele K

Cerebral lateralization, the partitioning of cognitive functions preferentially into one hemisphere of the brain, is a trait ubiquitous among vertebrates. Although this trait is pervasive, not all individuals show the same degree or direction of lateralized behaviour. Individual differences in...