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Environmental heterogeneity and population differences in blue tits personality traits

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  • Gabrielle Dubuc-Messier
  • Denis Réale
  • Philippe Perret
  • Anne Charmantier

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Lay Summary The pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis predicts that environmental differences can trigger the evolution of different life-history strategies, including differences in personality. A 5-year study reveals that blue tits breeding in different habitats differ in personality and in life-history characteristics, such as adult survival probability. This is a rare demonstration of personality differences across a small geographical scale, suggesting behavior and life-history traits have coevolved in a local adaptation process.

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  • Gabrielle Dubuc-Messier & Denis Réale & Philippe Perret & Anne Charmantier, 2017. "Environmental heterogeneity and population differences in blue tits personality traits," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 28(2), pages 448-459.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:28:y:2017:i:2:p:448-459.
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