Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls

Dispersal propensity has been correlated with personality traits, conspecific density and predation risk in a variety of species. Thus, changes in the relative frequency of behavioural phenotypes or in the ecological pressures faced by individuals in contrasting habitats can have unexpected effects...

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Autores: Luna, Álvaro, Palma, Alberto, Sanz-Aguilar, Ana, Tella, José Luis, Carrete, Martina
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Fecha de publicación:2019
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Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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spelling Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owlsLuna, ÁlvaroPalma, AlbertoSanz-Aguilar, AnaTella, José LuisCarrete, MartinaDispersal propensity has been correlated with personality traits, conspecific density and predation risk in a variety of species. Thus, changes in the relative frequency of behavioural phenotypes or in the ecological pressures faced by individuals in contrasting habitats can have unexpected effects on their dispersal strategies. Here, using the burrowing owl Athene cunicularia as a study model, we test whether changes in the behavioural profile of individuals and changes in conspecific density and predation pressure associated with urban life influence their breeding dispersal decisions compared to rural conspecifics. Our results show that breeding dispersal behaviour differs between rural and urban individuals. Site fidelity was lower among rural than among urban birds, and primarily related to an individual’s behaviours (fear of humans), which has been reported to reflect individual personality. In contrast, the main determinant of site fidelity among urban owls was conspecific density. After taking the decision of dispersing, urban owls moved shorter distances than rural ones, with females dispersing farther than males. Our results support a personality-dependent dispersal pattern that might vary with predation risk. However, as multiple individuals of two populations (one urban, one rural) were used for this research, differences can thus also be caused by other factors differing between the two populations. Further research is needed to properly understand the ecological and evolutionary consequences of changes in dispersal behaviours, especially in terms of population structuring and gene flow between urban and rural populations.Peer ReviewedSpringer NatureConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2019201920192019info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/189986reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)InglésSíinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1899862026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls
title Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls
spellingShingle Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls
Luna, Álvaro
title_short Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls
title_full Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls
title_fullStr Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls
title_full_unstemmed Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls
title_sort Personality-dependent breeding dispersal in rural but not urban burrowing owls
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Luna, Álvaro
Palma, Alberto
Sanz-Aguilar, Ana
Tella, José Luis
Carrete, Martina
author Luna, Álvaro
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Palma, Alberto
Sanz-Aguilar, Ana
Tella, José Luis
Carrete, Martina
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Sanz-Aguilar, Ana
Tella, José Luis
Carrete, Martina
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description Dispersal propensity has been correlated with personality traits, conspecific density and predation risk in a variety of species. Thus, changes in the relative frequency of behavioural phenotypes or in the ecological pressures faced by individuals in contrasting habitats can have unexpected effects on their dispersal strategies. Here, using the burrowing owl Athene cunicularia as a study model, we test whether changes in the behavioural profile of individuals and changes in conspecific density and predation pressure associated with urban life influence their breeding dispersal decisions compared to rural conspecifics. Our results show that breeding dispersal behaviour differs between rural and urban individuals. Site fidelity was lower among rural than among urban birds, and primarily related to an individual’s behaviours (fear of humans), which has been reported to reflect individual personality. In contrast, the main determinant of site fidelity among urban owls was conspecific density. After taking the decision of dispersing, urban owls moved shorter distances than rural ones, with females dispersing farther than males. Our results support a personality-dependent dispersal pattern that might vary with predation risk. However, as multiple individuals of two populations (one urban, one rural) were used for this research, differences can thus also be caused by other factors differing between the two populations. Further research is needed to properly understand the ecological and evolutionary consequences of changes in dispersal behaviours, especially in terms of population structuring and gene flow between urban and rural populations.
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