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NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Volume 2, Issue 11, Pages 1696-1699Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0670-8
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- Edward Grey Institute Research Fellowship
- Merton College Junior Research Fellowship
- ERC [AdG 250164, 617509]
- BBSRC [BB/L006081/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- European Research Council (ERC) [617509] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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Mated pair bonds are integral to many animal societies, yet how individual variation in behaviour influences their formation remains largely unknown. In a population of wild great tits (Parus major), we show that personality shapes pair bonding: proactive males formed stronger pre-breeding pair bonds by meeting their future partners sooner and increasing their relationship strength at a faster rate. As a result, proactive males sampled fewer potential mates. Thus, personality may have important implications for social relationship dynamics and emergent social structure.
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