Behavioural Type Affects Space Use in a Wild Population of Crows (Corvus corone).

ABSTRACT: While personality-dependent dispersal is well studied, local space use has received surprisingly little attention in this context, despite the multiple consequences on survival and fitness. Regarding the coping style of individuals, recent studies on personality-dependent space use within a habitat indicate that 'proactive' individuals are wider ranging than 'reactive' ones. However, such studies are still scarce and cover limited taxonomic diversity, and thus, more research is needed to explore whether this pattern generalises across species. We examined the link between coping style and space use in a population of crows (Corvus corone) freely inhabiting the urban zoo of Vienna, Austria. We used a binary docility rating (struggle during handling vs. no struggle) and a tonic immobi

SUBMITTER: Deventer SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5082553 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature