Does behaviour matter? The role and feasibility of research into arthropod behavioural syndromes to inform invertebrate translocation efforts

Animal personality plays a key role in translocation success in both wild-to-wild and captive-to-wild translocations, with important implications for the success of conservation projects. However, the majority of studies so far have explored the link between personality and translocation success in vertebrate translocations, and there has been less focus on how personality may influence the translocation of invertebrates. We argue that there is a need for further research into how understanding invertebrate behavioural syndromes can inform conservation and translocation success. The development of arthropod model systems for the study of translocation and personality could have the potential to provide new insights not only into the study of invertebrate reintroduction and translocation but also into a greater understanding of the role of behavioural syndromes in different ecological contexts.