Personality, foraging and fitness consequences in a long lived seabird.

ABSTRACT: While personality differences in animals are defined as consistent behavioural variation between individuals, the widely studied field of foraging specialisation in marine vertebrates has rarely been addressed within this framework. However there is much overlap between the two fields, both aiming to measure the causes and consequences of consistent individual behaviour. Here for the first time we use both a classic measure of personality, the response to a novel object, and an estimate of foraging strategy, derived from GPS data, to examine individual personality differences in black browed albatross and their consequences for fitness. First, we examine the repeatability of personality scores and link these to variation in foraging habitat. Bolder individuals forage nearer the colony, in

SUBMITTER: Patrick SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3913606 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature