Personality shapes pair bonding in a wild bird social system
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2018-10-01
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Firth, Josh A.
Cole, Ella F.
Ioannou, Christos C.
Quinn, John L.
Aplin, Lucy M.
Culina, Antica
McMahon, Keith
Sheldon, Ben C.
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Mated pair bonds are integral to many animal societies, yet how individual variation in behaviour influences their formation remains largely unknown. In a population of wild great tits (Parus major), we show that personality shapes pair bonding: proactive males formed stronger pre-breeding pair bonds by meeting their future partners sooner and increasing their relationship strength at a faster rate. As a result, proactive males sampled fewer potential mates. Thus, personality may have important implications for social relationship dynamics and emergent social structure.
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Personality , Pair bonding , Wild bird social system , Parus major , Proactive males
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Firth, J. A., Cole, E. F., Ioannou, C. C., Quinn, J. L., Aplin, L. M., Culina, A., McMahon, K. and Sheldon, B. C. (2018) 'Personality shapes pair bonding in a wild bird social system', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(11), pp.1696-1699. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0670-8
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© 2018, Springer Nature Limited. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Nature Ecology and Evolution. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0670-8