Boldness predicts foraging behaviour, habitat use and chick growth in a central place marine predator
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-024-05557-4
Abstract: Animal personality can shape individual’s fitness. Yet, the mechanistic relationship by which individual’s personality traits lead to variations in fitness remains largely underexplored. Here, we used novel object tests to measure boldness of chick-provisioning Cory’s… read more here.
Keywords: bolder individuals; bathymetry; boldness predicts; chick growth ... See more keywords
Boldness predicts divorce rates in wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0301
Abstract: Personality predicts divorce rates in humans, yet how personality traits affect divorce in wild animals remains largely unknown. In a male-skewed population of wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans), we showed that personality predicts divorce; shyer males… read more here.
Keywords: predicts divorce; boldness predicts; divorce rates; personality ... See more keywords