Personality in Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and its Effect on Their Breeding Success
| Autor: | Nancy M. Harrison, Claire Colchester |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
biology Ecology Offspring media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Fledge Cyanistes Neophobia Zoology Behavioural syndrome biology.organism_classification medicine.disease 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences medicine Trait Personality 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Animal Science and Zoology 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Psychology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Ethology. 122:695-701 |
| ISSN: | 0179-1613 1439-0310 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/eth.12516 |
| Popis: | In this study, we investigated whether blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) showed consistent variation in neophobia responses. The experiment represents a test of how personality, consistent individual differences in behaviour, may have fitness consequences. The experimental design consisted of a control observation followed by two neophobia tests, during which the parent's behaviour was recorded using the instantaneous sampling method. Blue tits showed consistent variation in neophobia responses, which was related to total offspring biomass, but not to mean offspring weight or fledging success. General linear mixed models analyses suggest that there may be ideal neophobia trait combinations in breeding pairs that maximise breeding success. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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