A tight knot between exploratory personality, foraging tactics and diet

This blog post is provided by Selin Ersoy and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “Exploration speed in captivity predicts foraging tactics and diet in free-living red knots” by S. Ersoy, C. E. Beardsworth, A. Dekinga, M. T. J. van der Meer, T. Piersma, T. G. G. Groothuis and A. I. Bijleveld, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. There is a … Continue reading A tight knot between exploratory personality, foraging tactics and diet

Kişilik, yiyecek arama taktikleri ve beslenme arasındaki iliski

Bu yazi ‘Journal of Animal Ecology’ dergisinde yayinlanan makalenin blog yazisinin turkcesidir. “Exploration speed in captivity predicts foraging tactics and diet in free-living red knots” S. Ersoy, C. E. Beardsworth, A. Dekinga, M. T. J. van der Meer, T. Piersma, T. G. G. Groothuis, A. I. Bijleveld. English version here. Gelgit ya da med cezir bölgeleri, dünyada hayatın sadece gece ve gündüz etrafinda değil, aynı … Continue reading Kişilik, yiyecek arama taktikleri ve beslenme arasındaki iliski

Sexual Selection and Personality in Red Junglefowl

This blog post is provided by Allison M. Roth and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Sexual selection and personality: Individual and group‐level effects on mating behavior in red junglefowl“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. Over the past two decades, behavioral ecologists have become increasingly interested in consistent between-individual differences in behavior, otherwise known as “animal personality”. It is, however, unclear why such between-individual … Continue reading Sexual Selection and Personality in Red Junglefowl

Personality and pace-of-life in free-ranging lemon sharks: a field recipe

This blog post is provided by Félicie Dhellemmes and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Personality‐driven life history trade‐offs differ in two subpopulations of free‐ranging predators”. Ingredients: Two (or more) wild populations of juvenile lemon sharks which are known to differ in their predator abundance 15 to 23 people who are ready to fish for twelve exceptionally long nights (every year, since 1993 (or start A.S.A.P.)), to … Continue reading Personality and pace-of-life in free-ranging lemon sharks: a field recipe