Heart rate responses to induced challenge situations in greylag geese (Anser anser).

2011 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia A. F. Wascher ◽  
Isabella B. R. Scheiber ◽  
Anna Braun ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
Greylag Geese

scholarly journals Physiological implications of pair-bond status in greylag geese

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia A. F. Wascher ◽  
Brigitte M. Weiß ◽  
Walter Arnold ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Group Living ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Pair Bond ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
The Social ◽  
Greylag Geese ◽  
Free Ranging

In group-living vertebrates, reliable social allies play a decisive role in dealing with stressors. For example, support by social allies is known to dampen glucocorticoid responses. It remains unknown, however, how social embedding affects the sympatho-adrenergic axis as indicated by heart rate (HR) in non-human animals. We studied the relationships between HR, pair-bond status and distance from the pair-partner in twenty-five free-ranging greylag geese ( Anser anser ) in a natural social environment. In three individuals, we investigated HR responses following partner loss. Overall, we found a context- and sex-dependent difference in HR between paired and unpaired individuals, paired males having a lower HR during agonistic encounters, and unpaired females having a lower HR during resting. Also, in paired females HR increased with increasing distance from the partner. Our data suggest that HR is modulated by pair-bond status in greylag geese in a context- and sex-dependent manner, which may be representative for social vertebrates in general. Despite the low sample size, the present study indicates that proper social embedding may optimize an individual's physiological investment in the social domain. This reduces individual energy expenditure and may benefit health and reproductive success.

Glucocorticoids enhance and suppress heart rate and behaviour in time dependent manner in greylag geese (Anser anser)

2010 ◽  
Vol 100 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Kralj-Fišer ◽  
Isabella B.R. Scheiber ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal ◽  
Brigitte M. Weiß ◽  
Claudia A.F. Wascher
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
Greylag Geese

Heart rate responses to agonistic encounters in greylag geese, Anser anser

2009 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 955-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia A.F. Wascher ◽  
Isabella B.R. Scheiber ◽  
Brigitte M. Weiß ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
Greylag Geese ◽  
Agonistic Encounters

Heart rate modulation by social contexts in greylag geese (Anser anser).

2008 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia A. F. Wascher ◽  
Walter Arnold ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
Rate Modulation ◽  
Greylag Geese

scholarly journals From individual to population level: Temperature and snow cover modulate fledging success through breeding phenology in greylag geese (Anser anser)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Didone Frigerio ◽  
Petra Sumasgutner ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal ◽  
Sonia Kleindorfer ◽  
Josef Hemetsberger
Keyword(s):  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Reproductive Output ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Breeding Phenology ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
Fledging Success ◽  
Average Annual Temperature ◽  
Greylag Geese

AbstractLocal weather conditions may be used as environmental cues by animals to optimize their breeding behaviour, and could be affected by climate change. We measured associations between climate, breeding phenology, and reproductive output in greylag geese (Anser anser) across 29 years (1990–2018). The birds are individually marked, which allows accurate long-term monitoring of life-history parameters for all pairs within the flock. We had three aims: (1) identify climate patterns at a local scale in Upper Austria, (2) measure the association between climate and greylag goose breeding phenology, and (3) measure the relationship between climate and both clutch size and fledging success. Ambient temperature increased 2 °C across the 29-years study period, and higher winter temperature was associated with earlier onset of egg-laying. Using the hatch-fledge ratio, average annual temperature was the strongest predictor for the proportion of fledged goslings per season. There is evidence for an optimum time window for egg-laying (the earliest and latest eggs laid had the lowest fledging success). These findings broaden our understanding of environmental effects and population-level shifts which could be associated with increased ambient temperature and can thus inform future research about the ecological consequences of climate changes and reproductive output in avian systems.

Behavioural and physiological correlates of personality in greylag geese (Anser anser)

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Kralj-Fišer ◽  
Brigitte M. Weiß ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal
Keyword(s):  
Anser Anser ◽  
Greylag Geese

scholarly journals Social context modulates digestive efficiency in greylag geese (Anser anser)

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Didone Frigerio ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal ◽  
Carla Fabro ◽  
Verena Puehringer-Sturmayr ◽  
Lara Iaiza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Digestive Efficiency ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
Greylag Geese

scholarly journals Latitudinal-Related Variation in Wintering Population Trends of Greylag Geese (Anser Anser) along the Atlantic Flyway: A Response to Climate Change?

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e0140181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Ramo ◽  
Juan A. Amat ◽  
Leif Nilsson ◽  
Vincent Schricke ◽  
Mariano Rodríguez-Alonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
Related Variation ◽  
Atlantic Flyway ◽  
Greylag Geese ◽  
Wintering Population

scholarly journals Social and life-history correlates of hormonal partner compatibility in greylag geese (Anser anser)

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte M. Weiß ◽  
Kurt Kotrschal ◽  
Erich Möstl ◽  
Katharina Hirschenhauser
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Anser Anser ◽  
Greylag Geese
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