Shy birds play it safe: Personality in captivity predicts risk responsiveness during reproduction in the wild

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Cole, Ella F ^a   Quinn, John L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Exploration; Great tit; Life history strategies; Neophobia; Parus major; Personality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CAPTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEST BOX; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; NESTING; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; RISK-TAKING; SHYNESS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84902151078     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0178     Document Type: Article

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