Authors
Katerina V-A Johnson, Lucy M Aplin, Ella F Cole, Damien R Farine, Josh A Firth, Samantha C Patrick, Ben C Sheldon
Publication date
2017/6/1
Journal
Animal behaviour
Volume
128
Pages
21-32
Publisher
Academic Press
Description
Highlights
- We assess whether a great tit breeding population is structured by personality.
- Network analyses were conducted on a 6-year data set from this wild bird population.
- Males show positive assortment, nesting nearer to similar personalities (bold/shy).
- This assortment was not found to be related to local environmental variation.
- We discuss implications for natural and sexual selection on personality in the wild.
Animal personalities can influence social interactions among individuals, and thus have major implications for population processes and structure. Few studies have investigated the significance of the social context of animal personalities, and such research has largely focused on the social organization of nonterritorial populations. Here we address the question of whether exploratory behaviour, a well-studied personality trait, is related to the social structure of a wild great tit, Parus major, population …
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KVA Johnson, LM Aplin, EF Cole, DR Farine, JA Firth… - Animal Behaviour, 2017