Chick-provisioning behaviour of the Providence Petrel, Pterodroma solandri

2002 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bester ◽  
N. Klomp ◽  
D. Priddel ◽  
N. Carlile
Keyword(s):  
Provisioning Behaviour

scholarly journals An analysis of loan loss provisioning behaviour in Vietnamese banking

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cormac Bryce ◽  
Aristeidis Dadoukis ◽  
Maximilian Hall ◽  
Linh Nguyen ◽  
Richard Simper
Keyword(s):  
Loan Loss ◽  
Provisioning Behaviour

scholarly journals Parental provisioning behaviour plays a key role in linking personality with reproductive success

2013 ◽  
Vol 280 (1764) ◽  
pp. 20131019 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mutzel ◽  
N. J. Dingemanse ◽  
Y. G. Araya-Ajoy ◽  
B. Kempenaers
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Multivariate Approach ◽  
Cyanistes Caeruleus ◽  
Behavioural Syndromes ◽  
Behavioural Phenotypes ◽  
Parental Provisioning ◽  
Blue Tits ◽  
Provisioning Behaviour

Repeatable behavioural traits (‘personality’) have been shown to covary with fitness, but it remains poorly understood how such behaviour–fitness relationships come about. We applied a multivariate approach to reveal the mechanistic pathways by which variation in exploratory and aggressive behaviour is translated into variation in reproductive success in a natural population of blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus . Using path analysis, we demonstrate a key role for provisioning behaviour in mediating the link between personality and reproductive success (number of fledged offspring). Aggressive males fed their nestlings at lower rates than less aggressive individuals. At the same time, their low parental investment was associated with increased female effort, thereby positively affecting fledgling production. Whereas male exploratory behaviour was unrelated to provisioning behaviour and reproductive success, fast-exploring females fed their offspring at higher rates and initiated breeding earlier, thus increasing reproductive success. Our findings provide strong support for specific mechanistic pathways linking components of behavioural syndromes to reproductive success. Importantly, relationships between behavioural phenotypes and reproductive success were obscured when considering simple bivariate relationships, underlining the importance of adopting multivariate views and statistical tools as path analysis to the study of behavioural evolution.

Sex-specific provisioning behaviour in a monomorphic seabird with a bimodal foraging strategy

Ibis ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 151 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
JORG WELCKER ◽  
HARALD STEEN ◽  
ANN M.A. HARDING ◽  
GEIR W. GABRIELSEN
Keyword(s):  
Foraging Strategy ◽  
Provisioning Behaviour
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