Context-specific variation and repeatability in behavioral traits of bent-wing bats.

ABSTRACT: Animals may show consistent among-individual behavioral differences over time and in different contexts, and these tendencies may be correlated to one another and emerge as behavioral syndromes. The cross-context variation in these behavioral tendencies, however, is rarely explored with animals in contexts associated with different locomotion modes. This study assessed the variation and repeatability in behavioral traits of bent-wing bats Miniopterus fuliginosus in southern Taiwan, and the effects of contextual settings associated with locomotion mode. The bats were sampled in the dry winter season, and their behaviors were measured in hole-board box (HB) and tunnel box (TB) tests, both suited for quadrupedal movements of the bats, and flight-tent (FT) tests that allowed for flying behavio

SUBMITTER: Kuo YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature