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Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes

In birds, little is known about how individuals choose nest sites based on their personality traits. Here, we investigate whether a female’s personality (activity and breathing rate) can affect patterns of nest site selection at different spatial scales in a wild population of chestnut thrush (Turdu...

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Autores principales: Lou, Yingqiang, Zhao, Qingshan, Hu, Yunbiao, Chen, Lijun, Liu, Pengfei, Fang, Yun, Lloyd, Huw, Sun, Yuehua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10415915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37575181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107419
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author Lou, Yingqiang
Zhao, Qingshan
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Chen, Lijun
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description In birds, little is known about how individuals choose nest sites based on their personality traits. Here, we investigate whether a female’s personality (activity and breathing rate) can affect patterns of nest site selection at different spatial scales in a wild population of chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) and determine whether nest site characteristics and female personality traits affect clutch size and nest success during incubation. We found that neither activity nor breathing rate were associated with large-scale nesting habitat variables. At the fine-scale level, more active females chose nest sites with greater nest lateral concealment. Females with higher breathing rates laid smaller clutch sizes than individuals with lower breathing rates. Nests of females with lower breathing rate had higher nest success during incubation. This work highlights the relationships between personality and nest site selection in birds, and the important role of female personality traits in reproductive success.
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spelling pubmed-104159152023-08-12 Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes Lou, Yingqiang Zhao, Qingshan Hu, Yunbiao Chen, Lijun Liu, Pengfei Fang, Yun Lloyd, Huw Sun, Yuehua iScience Article In birds, little is known about how individuals choose nest sites based on their personality traits. Here, we investigate whether a female’s personality (activity and breathing rate) can affect patterns of nest site selection at different spatial scales in a wild population of chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) and determine whether nest site characteristics and female personality traits affect clutch size and nest success during incubation. We found that neither activity nor breathing rate were associated with large-scale nesting habitat variables. At the fine-scale level, more active females chose nest sites with greater nest lateral concealment. Females with higher breathing rates laid smaller clutch sizes than individuals with lower breathing rates. Nests of females with lower breathing rate had higher nest success during incubation. This work highlights the relationships between personality and nest site selection in birds, and the important role of female personality traits in reproductive success. Elsevier 2023-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10415915/ /pubmed/37575181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107419 Text en © 2023 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes
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title_fullStr Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes
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title_short Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10415915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37575181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107419
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