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A Migratory Sparrow Has Personality In Winter That Is Independent Of Other Traits, Theadora A. Block, Rachel Star, Daizaburo Shizuka, Alexis S. Chaine, Bruce E. Lyon
A Migratory Sparrow Has Personality In Winter That Is Independent Of Other Traits, Theadora A. Block, Rachel Star, Daizaburo Shizuka, Alexis S. Chaine, Bruce E. Lyon
Papers in Behavior in Biological Sciences
Small birds in winter face trade-offs between predation risk and foraging, and alternate life-history strategies may arise from these trade-offs. Animal personality shows similarities with alternative life-history strategies, and using a life-history context to understand personality can provide valuable insights. Golden-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia atricapilla, a small migratory bird, have a complex winter social system with high site-fidelity, long-term social associations between individuals and competition mediated by badges of status. We asked whether golden-crowned sparrows show personalities during winter, whether these personalities were consistent over 3 years and whether they correlated with social and morphological traits. We found that …