Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds
Abstract Behavioural plasticity can allow populations to adjust to environmental change when genetic evolution is too slow to keep pace. However, its constraints are not well understood. Personality is known to shape individual behaviour, but its relationship to behavioural plasticity is unclear. We...
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crwiley:10.1111/1365-2656.13968 2024-06-02T08:05:46+00:00 Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds Gillies, Natasha Weimerskirch, Henri Thorley, Jack Clay, Thomas A. Martín López, Lucía Martina Joo, Rocío Basille, Mathieu Patrick, Samantha C. H2020 European Research Council Human Frontier Science Program Aneurysm and AVM Foundation 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13968 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13968 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Journal of Animal Ecology volume 92, issue 9, page 1730-1742 ISSN 0021-8790 1365-2656 journal-article 2023 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13968 2024-05-03T11:31:29Z Abstract Behavioural plasticity can allow populations to adjust to environmental change when genetic evolution is too slow to keep pace. However, its constraints are not well understood. Personality is known to shape individual behaviour, but its relationship to behavioural plasticity is unclear. We studied the relationship between boldness and behavioural plasticity in response to wind conditions in wandering albatrosses ( Diomedea exulans ). We fitted multivariate hidden Markov models to an 11‐year GPS dataset collected from 294 birds to examine whether the probability of transitioning between behavioural states (rest, prey search and travel) varied in response to wind, boldness and their interaction. We found that movement decisions varied with boldness, with bolder birds showing preferences for travel, and shyer birds showing preferences for search. For females, these effects depended on wind speed. In strong winds, which are optimal for movement, females increased time spent in travel, while in weaker winds, shyer individuals showed a slight preference for search, while bolder individuals maintained preference for travel. Our findings suggest that individual variation in behavioural plasticity may limit the capacity of bolder females to adjust to variable conditions and highlight the important role of behavioural plasticity in population responses to climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Diomedea exulans Wiley Online Library Journal of Animal Ecology 92 9 1730 1742 |
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Abstract Behavioural plasticity can allow populations to adjust to environmental change when genetic evolution is too slow to keep pace. However, its constraints are not well understood. Personality is known to shape individual behaviour, but its relationship to behavioural plasticity is unclear. We studied the relationship between boldness and behavioural plasticity in response to wind conditions in wandering albatrosses ( Diomedea exulans ). We fitted multivariate hidden Markov models to an 11‐year GPS dataset collected from 294 birds to examine whether the probability of transitioning between behavioural states (rest, prey search and travel) varied in response to wind, boldness and their interaction. We found that movement decisions varied with boldness, with bolder birds showing preferences for travel, and shyer birds showing preferences for search. For females, these effects depended on wind speed. In strong winds, which are optimal for movement, females increased time spent in travel, while in weaker winds, shyer individuals showed a slight preference for search, while bolder individuals maintained preference for travel. Our findings suggest that individual variation in behavioural plasticity may limit the capacity of bolder females to adjust to variable conditions and highlight the important role of behavioural plasticity in population responses to climate change. |
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Gillies, Natasha Weimerskirch, Henri Thorley, Jack Clay, Thomas A. Martín López, Lucía Martina Joo, Rocío Basille, Mathieu Patrick, Samantha C. Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds |
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Gillies, Natasha Weimerskirch, Henri Thorley, Jack Clay, Thomas A. Martín López, Lucía Martina Joo, Rocío Basille, Mathieu Patrick, Samantha C. |
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Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds |
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Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds |
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Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds |
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Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds |
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Boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds |
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boldness predicts plasticity in flight responses to winds |
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