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Evidence for personality conformity, not social niche specialization in social jays

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  • Kelsey McCune
  • Piotr Jablonski
  • Sang-im Lee
  • Renee Ha

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We often use the phrase “Birds of a feather flock together†to describe similar people that spend time together. But, is this true for birds? We find that in a species that lives in social groups individual personalities are more similar to group mates than to non-group mates. We found no similarity between mate pairs in a solitary, monogamous species. This suggests that assortment by personality might be important for life in social groups.

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  • Kelsey McCune & Piotr Jablonski & Sang-im Lee & Renee Ha, 2018. "Evidence for personality conformity, not social niche specialization in social jays," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(4), pages 910-917.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:4:p:910-917.
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