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Individual behavioural variation does not affect social organization or reproductive success in a cooperative small mammal
| العنوان: | Individual behavioural variation does not affect social organization or reproductive success in a cooperative small mammal |
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| المؤلفون: | van der Marel, Annemarie, Johnson, Nicholas E., Grillo, Sara, Riquelme, Juan, Vásquez, Rodrigo A., Gillam, Erin H., Ebensperger, Luis A., Hayes, Loren D. |
| المساهمون: | FONDECYT postdoctorado 2022, American Society of Mammalogists, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, FONDECYT, ANID CHIC, CONICYT PFB |
| المصدر: | Behaviour ; page 1-29 ; ISSN 0005-7959 1568-539X |
| بيانات النشر: | Brill |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| الوصف: | Recent evidence indicates that individual behavioural variation in animals, defined as consistent individual differences in behaviour across contexts and time, influence ecological and evolutionary processes, and a growing number of studies demonstrate that individual behavioural variation can play a large role in shaping grouping dynamics among social animals. We studied the common degu, Octodon degus , a social rodent, to evaluate whether individual behavioural variation underlies social organization and the reproductive success of individuals within groups. We examined social groups in a population in central-north Chile during one breeding season, tested 67 adults in an open field test (i.e., the propensity to explore an unfamiliar environment) and 62 adults in a poke test (i.e., the propensity to charge an object) to quantify individual behavioural variation, determined assortment based on individual behavioural differences across 19 social groups, and performed genetic analyses to assess reproductive success. We found that the response to the poke test was repeatable, while none of the behaviours from an open field test were. The repeatable behaviour during the poke test was not associated to components of social organization (group composition), or to reproductive success. These findings imply that individual behavioural variation did not affect grouping patterns or direct fitness in this degu population. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| DOI: | 10.1163/1568539x-bja10264 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539x-bja10264 https://brill.com/view/journals/beh/aop/article-10.1163-1568539X-bja10264/article-10.1163-1568539X-bja10264.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/beh/aop/article-10.1163-1568539X-bja10264/article-10.1163-1568539X-bja10264.xml |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.E619FF06 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1163/1568539x-bja10264 |
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