BDN advances UMaine research showing how animal personalities affect mutualistic interactions and the environment
The Bangor Daily News advanced a new University of Maine study that explored how personalities of individual animals affect mutualistic interactions with other species, which can shape their surrounding environment. “These results are exciting as they show that each individual plays a slightly different role in an ecosystem, and this role is determined by their unique personality,” said Alessio Mortelliti, an associate professor in the UMaine Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology.