Animal Personality in Birds
An overview of what we know about the evolution of avian personality traits, the function of differences in personality traits within species and some methods for testing animal personality in birds.
Organizer
Dr. Kelsey McCune
Kelsey McCune completed her PhD in animal behavior from the University of Washington in 2018. Her dissertation compared asocial California scrub-jays and social Mexican jays on social behavior, learning ability and personality traits. Currently, Kelsey is a postdoctoral scholar at UCSB, and part of the Grackle Project research group started by Dr. Corina Logan.