Effects of female reproductive competition on birth rate and reproductive scheduling in a historical human population

Jenni E Pettay, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Anna Rotkirch, Virpi Lummaa and Jonathan PruittHandling Editor

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 2, 333-341

Abstract: Personality affects response to alarm calls. This study reveals that boldness explains how vigilant chipmunks behave in response to alarm calls, and that vigilance diminishes in response to shyer callers. Chipmunks thus evaluate the personality of callers and discount the danger associated with calls from highly risk-sensitive individuals. Adjusting responsiveness relative to caller reliability improves foraging while reducing the risk of predation.

Keywords: anthropology; conflict; cooperative breeding; fertility; joint family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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