Report for: Individual personalities predict social behaviour in wild networks of great tits (Parus major)

Title	Individual personalities predict social behaviour in wild networks of great tits (Parus major)
Published in	Ecology Letters, January 2013
DOI	10.1111/ele.12181
Pubmed ID	24047530
Authors	Aplin, L. M., Farine, D. R., Morand‐Ferron, J., Cole, E. F., Cockburn, A., Sheldon, B. C., Aplin LM, Farine DR, Morand-Ferron J, Cole EF, Cockburn A, Sheldon BC, L. M. Aplin, D. R. Farine, J. Morand-Ferron, E. F. Cole, A. Cockburn, B. C. Sheldon, Andrew Sih
Abstract	Social environments have an important effect on a range of ecological processes, and form a crucial component of selection. However, little is known of the link between personality, social behaviour and population structure. We combine a well-understood personality trait with large-scale social networks in wild songbirds, and show that personality underpins multiple aspects of social organisation. First, we demonstrate a relationship between network centrality and personality with 'proactive' (fast-exploring) individuals associating weakly with greater numbers of conspecifics and moving between flocks. Second, temporal stability of associations relates to personality: 'reactive' (slow-exploring) birds form synergistically stable relationships. Finally, we show that personality influences social structure, with males non-randomly distributed across groups. These results provide strong evidence that songbirds follow alternative social strategies related to personality. This has implications not only for the causes of social network structure but also for the strength and direction of selection on personality in natural populations.

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Brazil	2	<1%
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Switzerland	2	<1%
Mexico	1	<1%
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Researcher	67	17%
Student > Bachelor	51	13%
Student > Postgraduate	18	5%
Other	57	15%

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Environmental Science	29	8%
Unspecified	28	7%
Psychology	15	4%
Earth and Planetary Sciences	5	1%
Other	14	4%

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