Navigating the unknown: how exploratory traits shape juvenile post-fledging behaviour and survival in gulls.

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The post-fledging period is a critical phase for inexperienced birds, who must navigate and explore unfamiliar environments to locate essential resources for survival. Successful foraging during this stage relies on acquiring spatial knowledge through exploration, which may develop early in life. In this study, we examined whether the early-life exploratory phenotype, assessed through an open field test (OFT)...

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