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Context-specific repeatability of personality traits in a wild bird: a reaction-norm perspective
Tekijät: Kluen E, Brommer JE
Kustantaja: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Julkaisuvuosi: 2013
Journal: Behavioral Ecology
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
Lehden akronyymi: BEHAV ECOL
Numero sarjassa: 3
Vuosikerta: 24
Numero: 3
Aloitussivu: 650
Lopetussivu: 658
Sivujen määrä: 9
ISSN: 1045-2249
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars221
Tiivistelmä
Animal personality is defined as behavior that is consistent across time and context. We here applied a reaction-norm perspective implemented as a random regression phenotypic model (RRPM) to behaviors measured on blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus. During 3 consecutive breeding and winter seasons (2007-2009), a total of 508 wild-caught blue tits were assayed in a standard, artificial setup (a bird cage) for 1) activity, 2) time to escape, and 3) neophobia-related behavior. Activity was found to be repeatable both within and across seasonal contexts, but escape time and neophobia-related behavior were repeatable only in winter. Our RRPM confirmed that this latter finding was due to crossing of the individual-specific reaction norms between the 2 seasonal contexts. Our work illustrates how a behavior measured in a standardized manner may or may not be repeatable across time within a context but not between contexts, depending on the interindividual variation in reaction-norm properties. Our findings suggest that research on animal behavior plasticity can benefit from taking onboard context-specific analyses in a more explicit manner than what is typically done.
Animal personality is defined as behavior that is consistent across time and context. We here applied a reaction-norm perspective implemented as a random regression phenotypic model (RRPM) to behaviors measured on blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus. During 3 consecutive breeding and winter seasons (2007-2009), a total of 508 wild-caught blue tits were assayed in a standard, artificial setup (a bird cage) for 1) activity, 2) time to escape, and 3) neophobia-related behavior. Activity was found to be repeatable both within and across seasonal contexts, but escape time and neophobia-related behavior were repeatable only in winter. Our RRPM confirmed that this latter finding was due to crossing of the individual-specific reaction norms between the 2 seasonal contexts. Our work illustrates how a behavior measured in a standardized manner may or may not be repeatable across time within a context but not between contexts, depending on the interindividual variation in reaction-norm properties. Our findings suggest that research on animal behavior plasticity can benefit from taking onboard context-specific analyses in a more explicit manner than what is typically done.
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