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Table 3 Behavioural syndrome structure at three life stages, with correlation coefficients below diagonal and 95% confidence intervals above diagonal.

From: Personality over ontogeny in zebra finches: long-term repeatable traits but unstable behavioural syndromes

Subadult

 

TI

AG

GA

NO

NE

Fearlessness (TI)

 

-0.24 - 0.34

-0.22 - 0.36

-0.30 - 0.28

-0.31 - 0.27

Aggression (AG)

0.05

 

-0.25 - 0.33

-0.19 - 0.39

-0.35 - 0.22

General activity (GA)

0.08

0.04

 

0.07 - 0.58

-0.13 - 0.44

Boldness (NO)

-0.01

0.11

0.35

 

-0.03 - 0.51

Exploration (NE)

-0.02

-0.07

0.17

0.26

 

Young adult

 

TI

AG

GA

NO

NE

Fearlessness (TI)

 

-0.28 - 0.30

-0.57 - (-0.06)

-0.09 - 0.47

-0.27 - 0.31

Aggression (AG)

0.01

 

0.23 - 0.68

-0.74 - (-0.34)

-0.22 - 0.36

General activity (GA)

-0.34

0.49**

 

-0.73 - (-0.32)

-0.34 - 0.24

Boldness (NO)

0.21

-0.57**

-0.56**

 

0.01 - 0.54

Exploration (NE)

0.02

0.08

-0.05

0.30

 

Mature adult

 

TI

AG

GA

NO

NE

Fearlessness (TI)

 

-0.39 - 0.19

-0.39 - 0.19

-0.28 - 0.30

-0.26 - 0.32

Aggression (AG)

-0.11

 

-0.46 - 0.10

-0.06 - 0.49

-0.08 - 0.48

General activity (GA)

-0.11

-0.20

 

-0.16 - 0.41

-0.01 - 0.53

Boldness (NO)

0.01

0.23

0.14

 

-0.13 - 0.44

Exploration (NE)

0.03

0.22

0.28

0.17

 
  1. Spearman rank correlations were calculated for each life stage with the mean of fitted values from the models (BLUPs). P-values were adjusted for multiple testing with Holm's correction. Significant correlations are in bold. *p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01