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    Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes

    Lou, Yingqiang, Zhao, Qingshan, Hu, Yunbiao, Chen, Lijun, Liu, Pengfei, Fang, Yun, Lloyd, Huw and Sun, Yuehua (2023) Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes. iScience, 26 (8). p. 107419. ISSN 2589-0042

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    Abstract

    In birds, little is known about how individuals choose nest sites based on their personality traits. Here, we investigate whether a female's personality (activity and breathing rate) can affect patterns of nest site selection at different spatial scales in a wild population of chestnut thrush (Turdus rubrocanus) and determine whether nest site characteristics and female personality traits affect clutch size and nest success during incubation. We found that neither activity nor breathing rate were associated with large-scale nesting habitat variables. At the fine-scale level, more active females chose nest sites with greater nest lateral concealment. Females with higher breathing rates laid smaller clutch sizes than individuals with lower breathing rates. Nests of females with lower breathing rate had higher nest success during incubation. This work highlights the relationships between personality and nest site selection in birds, and the important role of female personality traits in reproductive success.

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