Winter habitat quality but not long-distance breeding dispersal influences apparent reproductive success in a migratory bird

Ecology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clark S. Rushing ◽  
Peter P. Marra ◽  
Michele R. Dudash
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Habitat Quality ◽  
Migratory Bird ◽  
Breeding Dispersal ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Winter Habitat

scholarly journals Temporal changes in reproductive success and optimal breeding decisions in a long-distance migratory bird

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Reséndiz-Infante ◽  
Gilles Gauthier
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Clutch Size ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Migratory Bird ◽  
Laying Date ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Breeding Phenology ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Seasonal Decline

AbstractMany avian migrants have not adjusted breeding phenology to climate warming resulting in negative consequences for their offspring. We studied seasonal changes in reproductive success of the greater snow goose (Anser caerulescens atlantica), a long-distance migrant. As the climate warms and plant phenology advances, the mismatch between the timing of gosling hatch and peak nutritive quality of plants will increase. We predicted that optimal laying date yielding highest reproductive success occurred earlier over time and that the seasonal decline in reproductive success increased. Over 25 years, reproductive success of early breeders increased by 42%, producing a steeper seasonal decline in reproductive success. The difference between the laying date producing highest reproductive success and the median laying date of the population increased, which suggests an increase in the selection pressure for that trait. Observed clutch size was lower than clutch size yielding the highest reproductive success for most laying dates. However, at the individual level, clutch size could still be optimal if the additional time required to acquire nutrients to lay extra eggs is compensated by a reduction in reproductive success due to a delayed laying date. Nonetheless, breeding phenology may not respond sufficiently to meet future environmental changes induced by warming temperatures.

scholarly journals Non-breeding season events influence sexual selection in a long-distance migratory bird

2009 ◽  
Vol 276 (1662) ◽  
pp. 1619-1626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew W Reudink ◽  
Peter P Marra ◽  
T. Kurt Kyser ◽  
Peter T Boag ◽  
Kathryn M Langin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Breeding Season ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Migratory Bird ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Mixed Mating ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
High Quality ◽  
American Redstarts

The study of sexual selection has traditionally focused on events and behaviours immediately surrounding copulation. In this study, we examine whether carry-over effects from the non-breeding season can influence the process of sexual selection in a long-distance migratory bird, the American redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla ). Previous work on American redstarts demonstrated that overwintering in a high-quality habitat influences spring departure dates from the wintering grounds, advances arrival dates on the breeding grounds and increases apparent reproductive success. We show that the mixed-mating strategy of American redstarts compounds the benefits of overwintering in high-quality winter habitats. Males arriving to breed in Canada from high-quality winter habitats arrive earlier than males from poor-quality habitats, resulting in a lower probability of paternity loss, a higher probability of achieving polygyny and ultimately higher realized reproductive success. Such results suggest that the process of sexual selection may be influenced by events interacting throughout the annual cycle.

scholarly journals Non-breeding season habitat quality mediates the strength of density-dependence for a migratory bird

2015 ◽  
Vol 282 (1811) ◽  
pp. 20150624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter P. Marra ◽  
Colin E. Studds ◽  
Scott Wilson ◽  
T. Scott Sillett ◽  
Thomas W. Sherry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Quality ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Resource Competition ◽  
Food Limitation ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Migratory Bird ◽  
Breeding Period ◽  
Mangrove Habitat ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Conspecific Density

Our understanding of when natural populations are regulated during their annual cycle is limited, particularly for migratory species. This information is needed for parametrizing models that can inform management and conservation. Here, we use 14 years of data on colour-marked birds to investigate how conspecific density and habitat quality during the tropical non-breeding period interact to affect body condition and apparent annual survival of a long-distance migratory songbird, the American redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla ). Body condition and survival of birds in high-quality mangrove habitat declined as density increased. By contrast, body condition improved and survival did not vary as density increased in adjacent, lower quality scrub habitat, although mean condition and survival were almost always lower than in mangrove. High rainfall enhanced body condition in scrub but not in mangrove, suggesting factors such as food availability outweighed consequences of crowding in lower quality habitat. Thus, survival of overwintering redstarts in mangrove habitat, disproportionately males, appears to be regulated by a crowding mechanism based on density-dependent resource competition. Survival of individuals in scrub, mostly females, appears to be limited by density-independent environmental factors but not regulated by crowding. The contrasting effects of density and food limitation on individuals overwintering in adjacent habitats illustrate the complexity of processes operating during the non-breeding period for migratory animals, and emphasize the need for long-term studies of animals in multiple habitats and throughout their annual cycles.

scholarly journals Tropical winter habitat limits reproductive success on the temperate breeding grounds in a migratory bird

2004 ◽  
Vol 271 (1534) ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Ryan Norris ◽  
Peter P. Marra ◽  
T. Kurt Kyser ◽  
Thomas W. Sherry ◽  
Laurene M. Ratcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Migratory Bird ◽  
Winter Habitat ◽  
Breeding Grounds

scholarly journals Author Correction: Age-dependent carry-over effects in a long-distance migratory bird

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosme López Calderón ◽  
Javier Balbontín Arenas ◽  
Keith A. Hobson ◽  
Anders Pape Møller
Keyword(s):  
Migratory Bird ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Age Dependent ◽  
Carry Over
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