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SUBMITTER: Andrews C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5946890 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Andrews Clare C Nettle Daniel D Reichert Sophie S Bedford Tom T Monaghan Pat P Bateson Melissa M
Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology 20180224 3
Why are some individuals more prone to gamble than others? Animals often show preferences between 2 foraging options with the same mean reward but different degrees of variability in the reward, and such risk preferences vary between individuals. Previous attempts to explain variation in risk preference have focused on energy budgets, but with limited empirical support. Here, we consider whether biological ageing, which affects mortality and residual reproductive value, predicts risk preference. ...[more]