Exploring the intersection between animal personality and sociality

Thesis

A topic of growing interest in behavioral ecology centers around the causes and consequences of animal personality - defined as consistent interindividual differences in behavior. Although much work has focused on examining the relationships between an individual’s personality and its fitness, limited knowledge exists regarding how variation in personality is maintained or how the personalities of competitors and actual or potential mates may play into this. Furthermore, few studies have e...

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Authors: Roth, A

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-be64erkan
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Sexual Selection; Group phenotypic composition; Sociality; Animal personality; Ornithology; Behavioural ecology
• Subjects: Zoology