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  • Animal Behavior
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Behavioral Ecology

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  • Individual differences, or personality, are recognized in animals and impact behavior.
  • Research on honest aggression signaling indicates signals are not always perfectly reliable.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if individual differences in signaling strategies explain variance in aggression-signal relationships.
  • To explore a potential second personality trait influencing aggressive signaling levels.

Main Methods:

  • Repeated behavioral assays on territorial song sparrows (Melospiza melodia).
  • Measurement of aggressive behaviors and aggressive signaling.
  • Analysis of repeatability and long-term prediction of aggressive actions.

Main Results:

  • Both aggressive behaviors and signaling were highly repeatable in song sparrows.
  • Aggressive behaviors predicted future attacks on a taxidermic mount.
  • Residual variation in signaling, after accounting for behavior, showed individual consistency.

Conclusions:

  • Suggests a personality trait, termed "communicativeness," influences aggressive signaling.
  • This trait may explain instances of "under-signaling" in honest aggression communication.
  • Highlights the role of individual differences in the reliability of animal signals.