Drivers of within- and among-individual variation in risk-taking behaviour during reproduction in a long-lived bird

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Mohring, Bertille, Angelier, Frédéric, Jaatinen, Kim, Steele, Ben, Lönnberg, Elin, Öst, Markus
• Other Authors: Sophie von Julins Stiftelse, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, Academy of Finland, Svenska Kulturfonden
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2022
• Subjects: Fid; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1338; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2022.1338; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2022.1338

Plastic and selective mechanisms govern parental investment adjustments to predation threat. We investigated the relative importance of plasticity and selection in risk-taking propensity of incubating female common eiders Somateria mollissima facing unprecedented predation in SW Finland, Baltic Sea....