The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more
Animals foraging in groups can either search for food themselves (producing) or search for the food discoveries of other individuals (scrounging). Tactic use in producer–scrounger games is partly flexible but individuals tend to show consistency in tactic use under different conditions suggesting th...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspb.2009.1474 2024-06-23T07:51:51+00:00 The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more Kurvers, Ralf H. J. M. Prins, Herbert H. T. van Wieren, Sipke E. van Oers, Kees Nolet, Bart A. Ydenberg, Ronald C. 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1474 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2009.1474 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2009.1474 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 277, issue 1681, page 601-608 ISSN 0962-8452 1471-2954 journal-article 2009 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1474 2024-06-04T06:22:58Z Animals foraging in groups can either search for food themselves (producing) or search for the food discoveries of other individuals (scrounging). Tactic use in producer–scrounger games is partly flexible but individuals tend to show consistency in tactic use under different conditions suggesting that personality might play a role in tactic use in producer–scrounger games. Here we studied the use of producing and scrounging tactics by bold and shy barnacle geese ( Branta leucopsis ), where boldness is a personality trait known to be repeatable over time in this species. We defined individuals as bold, shy or intermediate based on two novel object tests. We scored the frequency of finding food patches (the outcome of investing in producing) and joining patches (the outcome of investing in scrounging) by bold and shy individuals and their feeding time. Shy individuals had a higher frequency of joining than bold individuals, demonstrating for the first time that personality is associated with tactic use in a producer–scrounger game. Bold individuals tended to spend more time feeding than shy individuals. Our results highlight the importance of including individual behavioural variation in models of producer–scrounger games. Article in Journal/Newspaper Branta leucopsis The Royal Society Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 1681 601 608 |
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Animals foraging in groups can either search for food themselves (producing) or search for the food discoveries of other individuals (scrounging). Tactic use in producer–scrounger games is partly flexible but individuals tend to show consistency in tactic use under different conditions suggesting that personality might play a role in tactic use in producer–scrounger games. Here we studied the use of producing and scrounging tactics by bold and shy barnacle geese ( Branta leucopsis ), where boldness is a personality trait known to be repeatable over time in this species. We defined individuals as bold, shy or intermediate based on two novel object tests. We scored the frequency of finding food patches (the outcome of investing in producing) and joining patches (the outcome of investing in scrounging) by bold and shy individuals and their feeding time. Shy individuals had a higher frequency of joining than bold individuals, demonstrating for the first time that personality is associated with tactic use in a producer–scrounger game. Bold individuals tended to spend more time feeding than shy individuals. Our results highlight the importance of including individual behavioural variation in models of producer–scrounger games. |
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Kurvers, Ralf H. J. M. Prins, Herbert H. T. van Wieren, Sipke E. van Oers, Kees Nolet, Bart A. Ydenberg, Ronald C. The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more |
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Kurvers, Ralf H. J. M. Prins, Herbert H. T. van Wieren, Sipke E. van Oers, Kees Nolet, Bart A. Ydenberg, Ronald C. |
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The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more |
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The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more |
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The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more |
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The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more |
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The effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more |
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effect of personality on social foraging: shy barnacle geese scrounge more |
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