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SUMMARY:“Nosy neighbours in wild corvids: information use links life his
 tory and behaviour” - Wiebke Schuett (Royal Veterinary College)
DTSTART:20111109T123000Z
DTEND:20111109T133000Z
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CONTACT:Diane Pearce
DESCRIPTION:A major challenge in behavioural and evolutionary ecology is t
 o understand the evolution and maintenance of consistent behavioural diffe
 rences among individuals within the same population\, often referred to as
  animal 'personalities'. Here\, I present evidence suggesting that sexual 
 selection may act on such personality differences in zebra finches\, Taeni
 opygia guttata. In a series of experiments I show that (1) females choose 
 males on the basis of their exploratory behaviour per se\, while taking in
 to account their own personality. (2) I demonstrate that such non-random m
 ate choice has fitness consequences. Furthermore\, personality variation m
 ay arise if individuals follow different life-history strategies suggestin
 g that individuals with different personalities should vary in their under
 lying life-history decisions. In order to make adaptive (life-history) dec
 isions\, individuals need to collect information. I present data from a st
 udy assessing whether wild social jackdaws\, Corvus monedula\, vary in the
 ir social information use (prospecting on conspecific nests)\, depending o
 n their exploration type. Also\, it is assessed if prospecting and explora
 tory behaviour are predictors of individual reproductive success. 
LOCATION:Library\, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour\, Madingley
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