dc.contributor.author | Magnhagen, Carin | |
dc.contributor.author | Wacker, Sebastian | |
dc.contributor.author | Forsgren, Elisabet | |
dc.contributor.author | Myhre, Lise Cats | |
dc.contributor.author | Amundsen, Trond | |
dc.contributor.author | Espy, Elizabeth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-09T12:06:55Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-02T13:00:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-09T12:06:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-06-02T13:00:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | PLoS ONE 2014, 9(3) | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/284420 | |
dc.description.abstract | In order to attribute the behaviour of an animal to its personality it is important to study whether certain behavioural traits
show up consistently across a variety of contexts. The aim of this study was to investigate whether breeding state males of
the two-spotted goby, Gobiusculus flavescens, showed consistent degree of boldness when tested in four different
behaviour assays. We also wanted to investigate whether boldness varied over the breeding season in accordance with
changes in male-male competition for matings. We used two standard assays (the emergence test and the open field test),
and two simple assays related to threat response. Repeated runs of each of the tests were highly correlated, and we found
significant correlations between all four assays. Thus, we have documented both a within and a between-context
consistency in risk-taking behaviour. Furthermore, we found that goby males studied during the middle of the breeding
season were bolder than males studied at the end of the season. Since male two-spotted gobies face strongly decreasing
male-male competition as the season progresses, the benefit of being bold for the mating success of the males may differ
over the time of the breeding season. The difference in behaviour found over the season thus corresponds well with the
sexual dynamics of this model species. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | nb_NO |
dc.title | Context Consistency and Seasonal Variation in Boldness of Male Two-Spotted Gobies | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_GB |
dc.date.updated | 2015-02-09T12:06:55Z | |
dc.source.volume | 9 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | PLoS ONE | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 3 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0093354 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1127328 | |
dc.description.localcode | (c) 2014 Magnhagen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | nb_NO |