Individual differences in song plasticity in response to social stimuli and singing position.

ABSTRACT: Individual animals can react to the changes in their environment by exhibiting behaviors in an individual-specific way leading to individual differences in phenotypic plasticity. However, the effect of multiple environmental factors on multiple traits is rarely tested. Such a complex approach is necessary to assess the generality of plasticity and to understand how among-individual differences in the ability to adapt to changing environments evolve. This study examined whether individuals adjust different song traits to varying environmental conditions in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis), a passerine with complex song. We also aimed to reveal among-individual differences in behavioral responses by testing whether individual differences in plasticity were repeatable. The

SUBMITTER: Jablonszky M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058795 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature