The pace of life under artificial selection : personality, energy expenditure, and longevity are correlated in domestic dogs Careau, Vincent, Reale, Denis, Humphries, Murray M. and Thomas, Donald W. 2010, The pace of life under artificial selection : personality, energy expenditure, and longevity are correlated in domestic dogs, American naturalist, vol. 175, no. 6, pp. 753-758, doi: 10.1086/652435. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads careau-paceoflife-2010.pdf Published version application/pdf 190.72KB 1200 Title The pace of life under artificial selection : personality, energy expenditure, and longevity are correlated in domestic dogs Author(s) Careau, Vincent Reale, Denis Humphries, Murray M. Thomas, Donald W. Journal name American naturalist Volume number 175 Issue number 6 Start page 753 End page 758 Total pages 6 Publisher University of Chicago Press Place of publication Chicago, Ill. Publication date 2010-06 ISSN 0003-0147 1537-5323 Keyword(s) activity aggression correlated change correlational selection docility life‐history traits Summary The domestic dog has undergone extensive artificial selection resulting in an extreme diversity in body size, personality, life‐history, and metabolic traits among breeds. Here we tested whether proactive personalities (high levels of activity, boldness, and aggression) are related to a fast “pace of life” (high rates of growth, mortality, and energy expenditure). Data from the literature provide preliminary evidence that artificial selection on dogs (through domestication) generated variations in personality traits that are correlated with life histories and metabolism. We found that obedient (or docile, shy) breeds live longer than disobedient (or bold) ones and that aggressive breeds have higher energy needs than unaggressive ones. These correlations could result from either human preference for particular trait combinations or, more likely, correlated responses to artificial selection on personality. Our results suggest the existence of a general pace‐of‐life syndrome arising from the coevolution of personality, metabolic, and life‐history traits. Language eng DOI 10.1086/652435 Field of Research 059999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences HERDC Research category C4.1 Letter or note Copyright notice ©2010, University of Chicago Press Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30056105 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 19 Sep 2013, 13:03:24 EST Thu, 19 Sep 2013, 15:24:42 EST Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 11:06:51 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 18:22:45 EST Wed, 18 Nov 2015, 06:15:53 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 21:34:49 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:42:34 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:40:28 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 114 times in TR Web of Science Cited 114 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 205 Abstract Views, 1200 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 19 Sep 2013, 13:03:24 EST