Assessing Short- and Long-Term Repeatability and Stability of Personality in Captive Zebra Finches Using Longitudinal Data

• Published in: Ethology Vol. 118; no. 10; pp. 932 - 942
• Main Authors: David, Morgan, Auclair, Yannick, Cézilly, Frank
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hamburg Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2012
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Birds; Data analysis; Data processing; Evolution; Fitness; Life expectancy; Life span; Personality; Taeniopygia guttata

Assessing behavioural consistency is crucial to understand the evolution of personality traits. In the present study, we examined the short‐ and long‐term repeatability and stability of two unrelated personality traits – exploratory tendencies and struggling rate – using captive female zebra finches...