Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species

Life history theory states that individual fitness in one stage of life is conditioned by what occurred in previous stages. In migratory species, reproductive effort during breeding has often been found to influence body condition, molt schedule, self‐provisioning and migration of individuals in sub...

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Autores: Ramos i Garcia, Raül, Llabrés, Victoria, Monclús, Laura, López Béjar, Manel, González-Solís, Jacob
Tipo de recurso: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Migració d'ocells
Comportament social en els animals
Isòtops estables en ecologia
Birds migration
Social behavior in animals
Stable isotopes in ecological research
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spelling Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird speciesRamos i Garcia, RaülLlabrés, VictoriaMonclús, LauraLópez Béjar, ManelGonzález-Solís, JacobMigració d'ocellsComportament social en els animalsIsòtops estables en ecologiaBirds migrationSocial behavior in animalsStable isotopes in ecological researchLife history theory states that individual fitness in one stage of life is conditioned by what occurred in previous stages. In migratory species, reproductive effort during breeding has often been found to influence body condition, molt schedule, self‐provisioning and migration of individuals in subsequent seasons (i.e., carryover effects of breeding). However, there is a current uncertainty in understanding how long‐distance migrants trade off among such energy‐demanding activities (i.e., breeding, molting and migrating). To provide evidence to the field, we experimentally reduced the parental effort of a long‐lived Procellariform, the Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis), by inducing failure at the incubation stage. Treatment and control birds were tracked during their subsequent migration by means of light‐level and immersion loggers and sampled for six specific feathers (molted at different periods along the migratory cycle) upon the recovery of the loggers 1 yr later. Feathers were used to perform stable isotope analysis (SIA) and determine corticosterone levels (CORT). By these means, we evaluated the effect of breeding effort on migratory strategy, at‐sea activity patterns, molt patterns, and levels of stress experienced by birds along the non‐breeding period. We did not detect any difference between birds in the induced failure group and successful breeders in terms of spatio‐temporal distribution: all birds shared common foraging areas throughout the study period and the timing of major phenological events did not differ. Failed birds significantly advanced their molt, as revealed by SIA and flying activity patterns. The stress levels of failed birds, inferred through CORT concentrations in feathers, were found to be consistently lower than in successful breeders, through the end of the breeding to the non‐breeding period. Thus, we provide robust evidence that the costs of reproduction can be physiologically mediated from the breeding to the non‐breeding period through molting schedules and CORT levels. However, we failed to detect clear effects on migratory behavior or subsequent breeding success, suggesting that costs of breeding in long‐lived species may be rapidly buffered during the post‐breeding period, as would be expected from life history theory.Ecological Society of America2019201920182019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion15 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/127189Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2435Ecology, 2018, vol. 99, num. 9, p. 2010-2024https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2435(c) Ecological Society of America, 2018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1271892026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species
title Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species
spellingShingle Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species
Ramos i Garcia, Raül
Migració d'ocells
Comportament social en els animals
Isòtops estables en ecologia
Birds migration
Social behavior in animals
Stable isotopes in ecological research
title_short Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species
title_full Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species
title_fullStr Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species
title_full_unstemmed Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species
title_sort Costs of breeding are rapidly buffered and do not affect migratory behaviour in a long-lived bird species
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ramos i Garcia, Raül
Llabrés, Victoria
Monclús, Laura
López Béjar, Manel
González-Solís, Jacob
author Ramos i Garcia, Raül
author_facet Ramos i Garcia, Raül
Llabrés, Victoria
Monclús, Laura
López Béjar, Manel
González-Solís, Jacob
author_role author
author2 Llabrés, Victoria
Monclús, Laura
López Béjar, Manel
González-Solís, Jacob
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Migració d'ocells
Comportament social en els animals
Isòtops estables en ecologia
Birds migration
Social behavior in animals
Stable isotopes in ecological research
topic Migració d'ocells
Comportament social en els animals
Isòtops estables en ecologia
Birds migration
Social behavior in animals
Stable isotopes in ecological research
description Life history theory states that individual fitness in one stage of life is conditioned by what occurred in previous stages. In migratory species, reproductive effort during breeding has often been found to influence body condition, molt schedule, self‐provisioning and migration of individuals in subsequent seasons (i.e., carryover effects of breeding). However, there is a current uncertainty in understanding how long‐distance migrants trade off among such energy‐demanding activities (i.e., breeding, molting and migrating). To provide evidence to the field, we experimentally reduced the parental effort of a long‐lived Procellariform, the Cory's shearwater (Calonectris borealis), by inducing failure at the incubation stage. Treatment and control birds were tracked during their subsequent migration by means of light‐level and immersion loggers and sampled for six specific feathers (molted at different periods along the migratory cycle) upon the recovery of the loggers 1 yr later. Feathers were used to perform stable isotope analysis (SIA) and determine corticosterone levels (CORT). By these means, we evaluated the effect of breeding effort on migratory strategy, at‐sea activity patterns, molt patterns, and levels of stress experienced by birds along the non‐breeding period. We did not detect any difference between birds in the induced failure group and successful breeders in terms of spatio‐temporal distribution: all birds shared common foraging areas throughout the study period and the timing of major phenological events did not differ. Failed birds significantly advanced their molt, as revealed by SIA and flying activity patterns. The stress levels of failed birds, inferred through CORT concentrations in feathers, were found to be consistently lower than in successful breeders, through the end of the breeding to the non‐breeding period. Thus, we provide robust evidence that the costs of reproduction can be physiologically mediated from the breeding to the non‐breeding period through molting schedules and CORT levels. However, we failed to detect clear effects on migratory behavior or subsequent breeding success, suggesting that costs of breeding in long‐lived species may be rapidly buffered during the post‐breeding period, as would be expected from life history theory.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2435
Ecology, 2018, vol. 99, num. 9, p. 2010-2024
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2435
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