Personality differences explain leadership in barnacle geese

• Published in: Animal Behaviour
• Main Authors: Kurvers, R.H.J.M., Eijkelenkamp, B., van Oers, K., Lith, B., van Wieren, S.E., Ydenberg, R.C., Prins, H.H.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: animal personalities; avian personalities; exploration; great tits; individual-differences; movements; parus-major; realized heritability; risk-taking behavior; zebra finches; Parus; Branta leucopsis
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/personality-differences-explain-leadership-in-barnacle-geese; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.002

Personality in animal behaviour describes the observation that behavioural differences between individuals are consistent over time and context. Studies of group-living animals show that movement order among individuals is also consistent over time and context, suggesting that some individuals lead...