Intrinsic individual variation in daily activity onset and plastic responses on temporal but not spatial scales in female great tits.

ABSTRACT: In a variety of species, individuals appear to be consistent in the daily timing of their activity onset. Such consistent among-individual differences can result from both intrinsic factors, as individuals may e.g. differ genetically, and extrinsic factors, as the environment may vary on spatial and temporal scales. However, previous studies typically did not differentiate between their respective contributions on individual variation in the timing of activities. Here, we repeatedly measured the onset of activity in female great tits (Parus major) on consecutive days during the egg laying phase of the breeding season in four consecutive years. Subsequently, we used a variance partitioning analysis in order to determine which part of the total variation could be attributed to intrinsic (fem

SUBMITTER: Meijdam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9605954 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature