The association between personalities, alternative breeding strategies and reproductive success in dunnocks

• Published in: Journal of evolutionary biology Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 539 - 551
• Main Authors: Holtmann, Benedikt, Lara, Carlos E., Santos, Eduardo S. A., Gillum, Joanne E., Gemmell, Neil J., Nakagawa, Shinichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Oxford University Press 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Animal reproduction; Animals; Assortative mating; behavioural types; Breeding; Breeding success; evolutionary biology; Female; Females; Flight behavior; individual variation; Male; Males; mate choice; Mating; Mating Preference, Animal; monogamy; Natural populations; Offspring; Personality; Polygamy; Population studies; Populations; progeny; Provisioning; Prunella; Reproduction; Reproductive fitness; reproductive performance; reproductive success; social environment; Songbirds; Success; Vigilance; individual variation; assortative mating; mate choice; social environment; behavioural types

Although consistent between‐individual differences in behaviour (i.e. animal personality) are ubiquitous in natural populations, relatively few studies have examined how personalities influence the formation of social relationships. Yet, behavioural characteristics of both sexes might be key when it...