Personality and urbanization: behavioural traits and DRD4 SNP830 polymorphisms in great tits in Barcelona city

DRD4 gene polymorphism in great tits: gender-specific association with behavioural variation in the wild

(2015) Killu Timm et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Combined epigenetic and intraspecific variation of theDRD4andSERTgenes influence novelty seeking behavior in great titParus major

(2015) Sepand Riyahi et al.   Epigenetics

Expanding fundamental ecological knowledge by studying urban ecosystems

(2015) Amy K. Hahs et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Rapid changes in genetic architecture of behavioural syndromes following colonization of a novel environment

(2015) K. Karlsson Green et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Urban and colorful male house finches are less aggressive

(2014) M. Hasegawa et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Selection based on the size of the black tie of the great tit may be reversed in urban habitats

(2014) Juan Carlos Senar et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Are colorful males of great tits Parus major better parents? Parental investment is a matter of quality

(2013) Emilio Pagani-Núñez et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Behavioural adjustments for a life in the city

(2013) Daniel Sol et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Brownish, small and lousy barn swallows have greater natal dispersal propensity

(2013) Nicola Saino et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Urbanization and its effects on personality traits: a result of microevolution or phenotypic plasticity?

(2013) Ana Catarina Miranda et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Haplotype structure, adaptive history and associations with exploratory behaviour of theDRD4gene region in four great tit (Parus major) populations

(2013) Jakob C. Mueller et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Urban behavioural adaptation

(2013) Colin J. Garroway et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic integration of local dispersal and exploratory behaviour in a wild bird

(2013) Peter Korsten et al.   Nature Communications

Personality Traits and Behavioral Syndromes in Differently Urbanized Populations of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

(2012) Veronika Bókony et al.   PLoS One

Behavioral Syndromes Break Down in Urban Song Sparrow Populations

(2011) Jennifer Scales et al.   ETHOLOGY

Scale and state dependence of the relationship between personality and dispersal in a great tit population

(2011) John L. Quinn et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Personality and problem-solving performance explain competitive ability in the wild

(2011) E. F. Cole et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Individual variation in spontaneous problem-solving performance among wild great tits

(2010) Ella F. Cole et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Behavioural responses to human-induced environmental change

(2010) Ulla Tuomainen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Genetics of personalities: no simple answers for complex traits

(2010) BARBARA TSCHIRREN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations

(2010) PETER KORSTEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic differentiation in the urban habitat: the great tits (Parus major) of the parks of Barcelona city

(2009) MATS BJÖRKLUND et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Heterogeneous selection on a heritable temperament trait in a variable environment

(2009) John L. Quinn et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The effect of urbanisation on avian morphology and latitudinal gradients in body size

(2008) Karl L. Evans et al.   OIKOS