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  • Gary K Sanderson
    Gary K Sanderson
    Hello, Would the following reference be useful? The power of personality Elizabeth Pennisi Science 06 May 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6286, pp. 644-647 DOI: 10.1126/science.352.6286.644 The power of personality Elizabeth Pennisi Science 06 May 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6286, pp. 644-647 DOI: 10.1126/science.352.6286.644 Summary To a birdwatcher or pet owner, it may be obvious that individual animals have distinct personalities. However, that idea has been slow to penetrate biology. Yet now researchers are learning that just as human quirks and temperaments shape our lives and the world around us, the behavior patterns of individual animals affect their role in their ecosystem, their prospects for survival, and, ultimately, their evolution. Researchers have figured out how to quantify personality and are showing in studies of great tits, salamanders, stickleback fish, lizards, and social spiders why different personalities persist, how they might lead to speciation, and the role they might play in the spread of information and disease. Science: 352 (6286) Science Vol 352, Issue 6286 06 May 2016 Table of Contents Print Table of Contents Advertising (PDF) Classified (PDF) Masthead (PDF) Article Tools Email Download Powerpoint Print Save to my folders Alerts Request Permissions Citation tools Share
    May 10, 2016
  • Susan J Markowitz
    Susan J MarkowitzBacker
    Wonder project that could vastly increase our understanding of language-development, both in birds and in humans. Thanks so much for undertaking this -- wishing you the best of luck!!!
    May 04, 2016
  • Kyle Polich
    Kyle Polich
    Do you have any plans to share your audio/video files via the internet? Perhaps after you've had a chance to publish.
    May 04, 2016
  • Tatiana Dolgushina
    Tatiana DolgushinaResearcher
    Unless I want to collaborate with somebody, I will not be posting my files on the internet. The audio/video I am using also belong to my advisor and my lab, who use it on other projects associated with these birds. I can share samples of video/audio of these behaviors after I publish, for outreach purposes.
    May 05, 2016
  • Holly Sweeney
    Holly SweeneyBacker
    So excited for you Tati! Can't wait to see all the marvelous things you will do xxxx
    May 02, 2016
  • Hannah Pruett
    Hannah PruettBacker
    Best of luck Tatiana! Keep on being your awesome scientist self!!
    Apr 30, 2016
  • Tatiana Dolgushina
    Tatiana DolgushinaResearcher
    Thank you Hannah!!
    May 01, 2016
  • Cindy Wu
    Cindy WuBacker
    Love this project! I know they're not exactly parrots, but I used to have love birds as a kid. 😊
    Apr 25, 2016
  • Arroyo Colorado Audubon Society
    Arroyo Colorado Audubon SocietyBacker
    The Arroyo Colorado Audubon Society wish you well and were happy to back your project.
    Apr 24, 2016
  • Joyce Hamilton
    Joyce HamiltonBacker
    Best of luck, Tatiana. I look forward to learning the results of your wonderful research!
    Apr 20, 2016
  • Thomas Carroll
    Thomas CarrollBacker
    So you're going to learn how to speak parrot baby talk?
    Apr 11, 2016
  • Tatiana Dolgushina
    Tatiana DolgushinaResearcher
    Maybe in the future, all is possible.
    Apr 16, 2016