ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2017
Boldness traits, not dominance, predict exploratory flight range and homing behaviour in homing pigeons.
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- Associations of genetic polymorphisms with boldness, stress response, and route efficiency in homing pigeons (Columba livia).Physiology & behavior · 2026Article
- Personality predicts collective behavior in greylag geese: Influencers are bold and followers are exploratory.iScience · 2025Article
- Changing Flight and Flocking Dynamics of Homing Pigeons (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Metabolic rate does not explain performance on a short-term memory task or personality traits in juvenile chickens (Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Inferring social influence in animal groups across multiple timescales.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Embryo movement is more frequent in avian brood parasites than birds with parental reproductive strategies.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
- Fine-scale changes in speed and altitude suggest protean movements in homing pigeon flights.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
- Artificial mass loading disrupts stable social order in pigeon dominance hierarchies.Biology letters · 2020Article
- High-resolution behavioral time series of Japanese quail within their social environment.Scientific data · 2019Article
- Personality and the collective: bold homing pigeons occupy higher leadership ranks in flocks.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018Article
- Physiological mechanisms underlying animal social behaviour.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Article
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Abstract
Group living has been proposed to yield benefits that enhance fitness above the level that would be achieved through living as solitary individuals. Dominance hierarchies occur commonly in these social assemblages, and result, by definition, in resources not being evenly distributed between group members. Determinants of rank within a dominance hierarchy can be associated with morphological characteristics, previous experience of the individual, or personality traits such as exploration tendencies. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether greater exploration and positive responses to novel objects in homing pigeons (
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