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Sandercock BK, Gratto‐Trevor CL. Breeding populations of Marbled Godwits and Willets have high annual survival and strong site fidelity to managed wetlands. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e9667. [PMID: 36699575 PMCID: PMC9849706 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The Prairie Pothole Region of central Canada supports a diverse community of breeding waterbirds, but many species have declining populations and the demographic mechanisms driving the declines remain unknown. We conducted a 7-year field study during 1995-2001 to investigate the demographic performance of Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa) and Willets (Tringa semipalmata) breeding in managed wetlands near Brooks, Alberta. Mark-recapture analyses based on Cormack-Jolly-Seber models revealed that the annual rates of apparent survival for Marbled Godwits ( ϕ ^ = 0.953 ± 0.012SE) and Willets ( ϕ ^ = 0.861 ± 0.015SE) are among the highest rates of survivorship reported for any breeding or nonbreeding population of large-bodied shorebirds. Our estimates of life expectancy for males were comparable to longevity records in godwits (17.3 years ±5.8SE vs. 25-29+ years) and willets (7.7 ± 1.5SE vs. 10+ years). The two species both showed strong breeding site fidelity but differed in rates of mate fidelity. Pairs that reunited and males that switched mates usually nested <300 m from their previous nests, whereas females that switched mates usually moved longer distances >1.1-1.5 km. Returning pairs usually reunited in godwits (85%) but not in willets (28%), possibly because of species differences in adult survival or patterns of migration. Baseline estimates of annual survival for banded-only birds will be useful for evaluating the potential effects of new tracking tags or the environmental changes that have occurred during the past 20 years. Conservation strategies for large-bodied shorebirds should be focused on reduction of exposure to anthropogenic mortality because low rates of natural mortality suggest that losses to collisions at breeding sites or harvest at nonbreeding areas are likely to cause additive mortality.
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- Brett K. Sandercock
- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNorwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheimNorway
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- Science and Technology BranchEnvironment and Climate Change CanadaSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
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Bradter U, Johnston A, Hochachka WM, Soultan A, Brommer JE, Gaget E, Kålås JA, Lehikoinen A, Lindström Å, Piirainen S, Pavón‐Jordán D, Pärt T, Øien IJ, Sandercock BK. Decomposing the spatial and temporal effects of climate on bird populations in northern European mountains. Glob Chang Biol 2022; 28:6209-6227. [PMID: 35899584 PMCID: PMC9804621 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The relationships between species abundance or occurrence versus spatial variation in climate are commonly used in species distribution models to forecast future distributions. Under "space-for-time substitution", the effects of climate variation on species are assumed to be equivalent in both space and time. Two unresolved issues of space-for-time substitution are the time period for species' responses and also the relative contributions of rapid- versus slow reactions in shaping spatial and temporal responses to climate change. To test the assumption of equivalence, we used a new approach of climate decomposition to separate variation in temperature and precipitation in Fennoscandia into spatial, temporal, and spatiotemporal components over a 23-year period (1996-2018). We compiled information on land cover, topography, and six components of climate for 1756 fixed route surveys, and we modeled annual counts of 39 bird species breeding in the mountains of Fennoscandia. Local abundance of breeding birds was associated with the spatial components of climate as expected, but the temporal and spatiotemporal climatic variation from the current and previous breeding seasons were also important. The directions of the effects of the three climate components differed within and among species, suggesting that species can respond both rapidly and slowly to climate variation and that the responses represent different ecological processes. Thus, the assumption of equivalent species' response to spatial and temporal variation in climate was seldom met in our study system. Consequently, for the majority of our species, space-for-time substitution may only be applicable once the slow species' responses to a changing climate have occurred, whereas forecasts for the near future need to accommodate the temporal components of climate variation. However, appropriate forecast horizons for space-for-time substitution are rarely considered and may be difficult to reliably identify. Accurately predicting change is challenging because multiple ecological processes affect species distributions at different temporal scales.
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- Ute Bradter
- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNorwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheimNorway
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- Cornell Lab of OrnithologyCornell UniversityIthacaNew YorkUSA
- CREEM, School of Mathematics and StatisticsUniversity of St. AndrewsSt. AndrewsUK
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- Department of EcologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of TurkuTurkuFinland
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)LaxenburgAustria
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNorwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Biology, Biodiversity UnitLund UniversityLundSweden
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- Finnish Museum of Natural HistoryHelsinkiFinland
- Arctic Centre, University of LaplandRovaniemiFinland
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNorwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheimNorway
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- Department of EcologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsalaSweden
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNorwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheimNorway
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Gaget E, Johnston A, Pavón-Jordán D, Lehikoinen AS, Sandercock BK, Soultan A, Božič L, Clausen P, Devos K, Domsa C, Encarnação V, Faragó S, Fitzgerald N, Frost T, Gaudard C, Gosztonyi L, Haas F, Hornman M, Langendoen T, Ieronymidou C, Luigujõe L, Meissner W, Mikuska T, Molina B, Musilová Z, Paquet JY, Petkov N, Portolou D, Ridzoň J, Sniauksta L, Stīpniece A, Teufelbauer N, Wahl J, Zenatello M, Brommer JE. Protected area characteristics that help waterbirds respond to climate warming. Conserv Biol 2022; 36:e13877. [PMID: 34927284 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Protected area networks help species respond to climate warming. However, the contribution of a site's environmental and conservation-relevant characteristics to these responses is not well understood. We investigated how composition of nonbreeding waterbird communities (97 species) in the European Union Natura 2000 (N2K) network (3018 sites) changed in response to increases in temperature over 25 years in 26 European countries. We measured community reshuffling based on abundance time series collected under the International Waterbird Census relative to N2K sites' conservation targets, funding, designation period, and management plan status. Waterbird community composition in sites explicitly designated to protect them and with management plans changed more quickly in response to climate warming than in other N2K sites. Temporal community changes were not affected by the designation period despite greater exposure to temperature increase inside late-designated N2K sites. Sites funded under the LIFE program had lower climate-driven community changes than sites that did not received LIFE funding. Our findings imply that efficient conservation policy that helps waterbird communities respond to climate warming is associated with sites specifically managed for waterbirds.
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- Elie Gaget
- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
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- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
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- The Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- DOPPS - BirdLife Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Rønde, Denmark
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- Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Brussel, Belgium
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- Romanian Ornithological Society, Bucharest, Romania
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- Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, IP (ICNF), Centro de Estudos de Migrações e Proteção de Aves (CEMPA), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Institute of Wildlife Management and Vertebrate Zoology, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
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- Institute of Wildlife Management and Vertebrate Zoology, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Croatian Society for Bird and Nature Protection, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife), Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Conservation Department, Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, Salaspils, Latvia
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- Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V. (DDA), Federation of German Avifaunists, Münster, Germany
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- Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA), Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Soultan A, Pavón-Jordán D, Bradter U, Sandercock BK, Hochachka WM, Johnston A, Brommer J, Gaget E, Keller V, Knaus P, Aghababyan K, Maxhuni Q, Vintchevski A, Nagy K, Raudonikis L, Balmer D, Noble D, Leitão D, Øien IJ, Shimmings P, Sultanov E, Caffrey B, Boyla K, Radišić D, Lindström Å, Velevski M, Pladevall C, Brotons L, Karel Š, Rajković DZ, Chodkiewicz T, Wilk T, Szép T, van Turnhout C, Foppen R, Burfield I, Vikstrøm T, Mazal VD, Eaton M, Vorisek P, Lehikoinen A, Herrando S, Kuzmenko T, Bauer HG, Kalyakin MV, Voltzit OV, Sjeničić J, Pärt T. The future distribution of wetland birds breeding in Europe validated against observed changes in distribution. Environ Res Lett 2022; 17:024025. [DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac4ebe] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Wetland bird species have been declining in population size worldwide as climate warming and land-use change affect their suitable habitats. We used species distribution models (SDMs) to predict changes in range dynamics for 64 non-passerine wetland birds breeding in Europe, including range size, position of centroid, and margins. We fitted the SDMs with data collected for the first European Breeding Bird Atlas and climate and land-use data to predict distributional changes over a century (the 1970s–2070s). The predicted annual changes were then compared to observed annual changes in range size and range centroid over a time period of 30 years using data from the second European Breeding Bird Atlas. Our models successfully predicted ca. 75% of the 64 bird species to contract their breeding range in the future, while the remaining species (mostly southerly breeding species) were predicted to expand their breeding ranges northward. The northern margins of southerly species and southern margins of northerly species, both, predicted to shift northward. Predicted changes in range size and shifts in range centroids were broadly positively associated with the observed changes, although some species deviated markedly from the predictions. The predicted average shift in core distributions was ca. 5 km yr−1 towards the north (5% northeast, 45% north, and 40% northwest), compared to a slower observed average shift of ca. 3.9 km yr−1. Predicted changes in range centroids were generally larger than observed changes, which suggests that bird distribution changes may lag behind environmental changes leading to ‘climate debt’. We suggest that predictions of SDMs should be viewed as qualitative rather than quantitative outcomes, indicating that care should be taken concerning single species. Still, our results highlight the urgent need for management actions such as wetland creation and restoration to improve wetland birds’ resilience to the expected environmental changes in the future.
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Kubelka V, Sandercock BK, Székely T, Freckleton RP. Animal migration to northern latitudes: environmental changes and increasing threats. Trends Ecol Evol 2021; 37:30-41. [PMID: 34579979 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Every year, many wild animals undertake long-distance migration to breed in the north, taking advantage of seasonally high pulses in food supply, fewer parasites, and lower predation pressure in comparison with equatorial latitudes. Growing evidence suggests that climate-change-induced phenological mismatches have reduced food availability. Furthermore, novel pathogens and parasites are spreading northwards, and nest or offspring predation has increased at many Arctic and northern temperate locations. Altered trophic interactions have decreased the reproductive success and survival of migratory animals. Reduced advantages for long-distance migration have potentially serious consequences for community structure and ecosystem function. Changes in the benefits of migration need to be integrated into projections of population and ecosystem dynamics and targeted by innovative conservation actions.
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- Vojtěch Kubelka
- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK; Department of Zoology and Centre for Polar Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czech Republic; Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Debrecen, Hungary; Department of Biodiversity Research, Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Bělidla 986/4a, Brno, 603 00, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Høgskoleringen 9, Trondheim, 7485, Norway
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- Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Debrecen, Hungary; Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
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Bradter U, Ozgul A, Griesser M, Layton‐Matthews K, Eggers J, Singer A, Sandercock BK, Haverkamp PJ, Snäll T. Habitat suitability models based on opportunistic citizen science data: Evaluating forecasts from alternative methods versus an individual‐based model. DIVERS DISTRIB 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Ute Bradter
- SLU Swedish Species Information Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Department of Biology University of Konstanz Konstanz Germany
- Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour University of Konstanz Konstanz Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Tromsø Norway
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- SLU Swedish Species Information Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
- Department of Forest Resource Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umeå Sweden
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- SLU Swedish Species Information Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
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- SLU Swedish Species Information Centre Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
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Gaget E, Pavón‐Jordán D, Johnston A, Lehikoinen A, Hochachka WM, Sandercock BK, Soultan A, Azafzaf H, Bendjedda N, Bino T, Božič L, Clausen P, Dakki M, Devos K, Domsa C, Encarnação V, Erciyas‐Yavuz K, Faragó S, Frost T, Gaudard C, Gosztonyi L, Haas F, Hornman M, Langendoen T, Ieronymidou C, Kostyushin VA, Lewis LJ, Lorentsen S, Luigujõe L, Meissner W, Mikuska T, Molina B, Musilová Z, Natykanets V, Paquet J, Petkov N, Portolou D, Ridzoň J, Sayoud S, Šćiban M, Sniauksta L, Stīpniece A, Strebel N, Teufelbauer N, Topić G, Uzunova D, Vizi A, Wahl J, Zenatello M, Brommer JE. Benefits of protected areas for nonbreeding waterbirds adjusting their distributions under climate warming. Conserv Biol 2021; 35:834-845. [PMID: 33009673 PMCID: PMC8247957 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Climate warming is driving changes in species distributions and community composition. Many species have a so-called climatic debt, that is, shifts in range lag behind shifts in temperature isoclines. Inside protected areas (PAs), community changes in response to climate warming can be facilitated by greater colonization rates by warm-dwelling species, but also mitigated by lowering extirpation rates of cold-dwelling species. An evaluation of the relative importance of colonization-extirpation processes is important to inform conservation strategies that aim for both climate debt reduction and species conservation. We assessed the colonization-extirpation dynamics involved in community changes in response to climate inside and outside PAs. To do so, we used 25 years of occurrence data of nonbreeding waterbirds in the western Palearctic (97 species, 7071 sites, 39 countries, 1993-2017). We used a community temperature index (CTI) framework based on species thermal affinities to investigate species turnover induced by temperature increase. We determined whether thermal community adjustment was associated with colonization by warm-dwelling species or extirpation of cold-dwelling species by modeling change in standard deviation of the CTI (CTISD ). Using linear mixed-effects models, we investigated whether communities in PAs had lower climatic debt and different patterns of community change than communities outside PAs. For CTI and CTISD combined, communities inside PAs had more species, higher colonization, lower extirpation, and lower climatic debt (16%) than communities outside PAs. Thus, our results suggest that PAs facilitate 2 independent processes that shape community dynamics and maintain biodiversity. The community adjustment was, however, not sufficiently fast to keep pace with the large temperature increases in the central and northeastern western Palearctic. Our results underline the potential of combining CTI and CTISD metrics to improve understanding of the colonization-extirpation patterns driven by climate warming.
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- Elie Gaget
- Department of BiologyUniversity of TurkuTurku20500Finland
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNorwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)P.O. Box 5685 SluppenTrondheimN‐7485Norway
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- Cornell Lab of OrnithologyCornell UniversityIthacaNY14850U.S.A.
- Conservation Science Group, Department of ZoologyUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB2 3QZU.K.
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- The Finnish Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of HelsinkiP.O. Box 17Helsinki00100Finland
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNorwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)P.O. Box 5685 SluppenTrondheimN‐7485Norway
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- Department of EcologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala750 07Sweden
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- Association "Les Amis des Oiseaux" (AAO/BirdLife en Tunisie)14, Rue Ibn El Heni, 2ème étage ‐ Bureau N° 4Ariana2080Tunisia
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- Albaninan Ornithological SocietyBulevardi "Gjergj Fishta"Kulla nr.2, kati 4, hyrja 18Tirana1001Albania
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- Društvo za opazovanje in proučevanje ptic Slovenije (DOPPS)Tržaška cesta 2LjubljanaSI‐1000Slovenia
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- Department of BioscienceAarhus UniversityRønde8200Denmark
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- Scientific InstituteMohammed V University of RabatAv. Ibn BattotaRabat‐Agdal10106Morocco
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- Research Institute for Nature and ForestBrussel1070Belgium
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- Romanian Ornithological SocietyBd. Hristo Botev, nr.3, ap. 6, Sector 3Bucureşti030231Romania
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- Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, IP (ICNF)Centro de Estudos de Migrações e Proteção de Aves (CEMPA)Lisboa1050‐191Portugal
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- Institute of Wildlife Management and Vertebrate ZoologyUniversity of SopronBajcsy‐Zsilinszky u. 4SopronH‐9400Hungary
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- British Trust for OrnithologyThetfordIP24 2PUU.K.
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- Institute of Wildlife Management and Vertebrate ZoologyUniversity of SopronBajcsy‐Zsilinszky u. 4SopronH‐9400Hungary
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- Department of BiologyLund UniversityLund223 62Sweden
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- Sovon Dutch Centre for Field OrnithologyNijmegen6525 EDThe Netherlands
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- Monitoring and Animal Conservation Department, Schmalgausen Institute of ZoologyNAS of Ukrainevul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15Kyiv01030Ukraine
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- Department of Terrestrial EcologyNorwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)P.O. Box 5685 SluppenTrondheimN‐7485Norway
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- Department of ZoologyEstonian University of Life SciencesTartu51006Estonia
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- Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, Faculty of BiologyUniversity of GdańskWita Stwosza 59Gdańsk80–308Poland
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- Croatian Society for Bird and Nature ProtectionZagreb1000Croatia
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- Sociedad Española de Ornitología (SEO/BirdLife)Madrid28053Spain
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- Faculty of Environmental SciencesCzech University of Life SciencesPraha Suchdol 129KamýckáCZ‐165 21Czechia
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- National Academy of Science of BelarusIndependence Avenue 66Minsk220072Republic of Belarus
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- Bulgarian Society for the Protection of BirdsPO Box 50SofiaBG‐1111Bulgaria
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- Hellenic Ornithological SocietyThemistokleous str. 80Athens10681Greece
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- Direction générale des ForêtsBen AknounAlger16000Algérie
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- Bird Protection and Study Society of SerbiaVladike Ćirića 24/19, 21000 Novi Sad, Srbija Makedonska 4Beograd11000Srbija
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- Lithuanian Ornithological SocietyNaugarduko 47‐3VilniusLT‐03208Lithuania
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- Institute of BiologyUniversity of LatviaSalaspilsLV‐2169Latvia
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- Nase Ptice Ornithological SocietySarajevoBA–71000Bosnia and Herzegovina
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- Macedonian Ecological SocietyBoris Trajkovski st. 7 No. 9ASkopje1000Macedonia
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- Natural History Museum of MontenegroTrg Vojvode Bećir‐bega Osmanagića 16Podgorica81000Montenegro
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- Dachverband Deutscher Avifaunisten e.V. (DDA)Federation of German AvifaunistsMünster48157Germany
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- Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA)Ozzano dell'Emilia40064Italy
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of TurkuTurku20500Finland
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Di Bernardi C, Thierry AM, Eide NE, Bowler DE, Rød-Eriksen L, Blumentrath S, Tietgen L, Sandercock BK, Flagstad Ø, Landa A. Fitness and fur colouration: Testing the camouflage and thermoregulation hypotheses in an Arctic mammal. J Anim Ecol 2021; 90:1328-1340. [PMID: 33660289 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Selection for crypsis has been recognized as an important ecological driver of animal colouration, whereas the relative importance of thermoregulation is more contentious with mixed empirical support. A potential thermal advantage of darker individuals has been observed in a wide range of animal species. Arctic animals that exhibit colour polymorphisms and undergo seasonal colour moults are interesting study subjects for testing the two alternative hypotheses: demographic performance of different colour morphs might be differentially affected by snow cover with a cryptic advantage for lighter morphs, or conversely by winter temperature with a thermal advantage for darker morphs. In this study, we explored whether camouflage and thermoregulation might explain differences in reproduction and survival between the white and blue colour morphs of the Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus under natural conditions. Juvenile and adult survival, breeding propensity and litter size were measured for 798 captive-bred and released or wild-born Arctic foxes monitored during an 11-year period (2007-2017) in two subpopulations in south-central Norway. We investigated the proportion of the two colour morphs and compared their demographic performance in relation to spatial variation in duration of snow cover, onset of snow season and winter temperatures. After population re-establishment, a higher proportion of blue individuals was observed among wild-born Arctic foxes compared to the proportion of blue foxes released from the captive population. Our field study provides the first evidence for an effect of colour morph on the reproductive performance of Arctic foxes under natural conditions, with a higher breeding propensity of the blue morph compared to the white one. Performance of the two colour morphs was not differentially affected by the climatic variables, except for juvenile survival. Blue morph juveniles showed a tendency for higher survival under colder winter temperatures but lower survival under warmer temperatures compared to white morph juveniles. Overall, our findings do not consistently support predictions of the camouflage or the thermoregulation hypotheses. The higher success of blue foxes suggests an advantage of the dark morph not directly related to disruptive selection by crypsis or thermoregulation. Our results rather point to physiological adaptations and behavioural traits not necessarily connected to thermoregulation, such as stress response, immune function, sexual behaviour and aggressiveness. Our findings highlight the need to explore the potential role of genetic linkage or pleiotropy in influencing the fitness of white and blue Arctic foxes as well as other species with colour polymorphisms.
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway.,German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway.,Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD), Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Trondheim, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Bergen, Norway
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Shaftel R, Rinella DJ, Kwon E, Brown SC, Gates HR, Kendall S, Lank DB, Liebezeit JR, Payer DC, Rausch J, Saalfeld ST, Sandercock BK, Smith PA, Ward DH, Lanctot RB. Predictors of invertebrate biomass and rate of advancement of invertebrate phenology across eight sites in the North American Arctic. Polar Biol 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-020-02781-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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AbstractAverage annual temperatures in the Arctic increased by 2–3 °C during the second half of the twentieth century. Because shorebirds initiate northward migration to Arctic nesting sites based on cues at distant wintering grounds, climate-driven changes in the phenology of Arctic invertebrates may lead to a mismatch between the nutritional demands of shorebirds and the invertebrate prey essential for egg formation and subsequent chick survival. To explore the environmental drivers affecting invertebrate availability, we modeled the biomass of invertebrates captured in modified Malaise-pitfall traps over three summers at eight Arctic Shorebird Demographics Network sites as a function of accumulated degree-days and other weather variables. To assess climate-driven changes in invertebrate phenology, we used data from the nearest long-term weather stations to hindcast invertebrate availability over 63 summers, 1950–2012. Our results confirmed the importance of both accumulated and daily temperatures as predictors of invertebrate availability while also showing that wind speed negatively affected invertebrate availability at the majority of sites. Additionally, our results suggest that seasonal prey availability for Arctic shorebirds is occurring earlier and that the potential for trophic mismatch is greatest at the northernmost sites, where hindcast invertebrate phenology advanced by approximately 1–2.5 days per decade. Phenological mismatch could have long-term population-level effects on shorebird species that are unable to adjust their breeding schedules to the increasingly earlier invertebrate phenologies.
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Bowler DE, Kvasnes MAJ, Pedersen HC, Sandercock BK, Nilsen EB. Impacts of predator-mediated interactions along a climatic gradient on the population dynamics of an alpine bird. Proc Biol Sci 2020; 287:20202653. [PMID: 33352076 PMCID: PMC7779518 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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According to classic theory, species' population dynamics and distributions are less influenced by species interactions under harsh climatic conditions compared to under more benign climatic conditions. In alpine and boreal ecosystems in Fennoscandia, the cyclic dynamics of rodents strongly affect many other species, including ground-nesting birds such as ptarmigan. According to the ‘alternative prey hypothesis’ (APH), the densities of ground-nesting birds and rodents are positively associated due to predator–prey dynamics and prey-switching. However, it remains unclear how the strength of these predator-mediated interactions change along a climatic harshness gradient in comparison with the effects of climatic variation. We built a hierarchical Bayesian model to estimate the sensitivity of ptarmigan populations to interannual variation in climate and rodent occurrence across Norway during 2007–2017. Ptarmigan abundance was positively linked with rodent occurrence, consistent with the APH. Moreover, we found that the link between ptarmigan abundance and rodent dynamics was strongest in colder regions. Our study highlights how species interactions play an important role in population dynamics of species at high latitudes and suggests that they can become even more important in the most climatically harsh regions.
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- Diana E Bowler
- Department of Ecosystem Services, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Putschstr. 4, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.,Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Dornburger Straße 159, 07743 Jena, Germany.,Department of Ecosystem Services, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.,Department of Terrestrial Biodiversity, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O. 5685 Torgarden, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Terrestrial Biodiversity, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O. 5685 Torgarden, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Terrestrial Biodiversity, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O. 5685 Torgarden, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Terrestrial Biodiversity, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O. 5685 Torgarden, 7485 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Terrestrial Biodiversity, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, P.O. 5685 Torgarden, 7485 Trondheim, Norway.,Nord University, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Steinkjer, Norway
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Nechols JR, Hough AR, Margolies DC, Ruberson JR, McCornack BP, Sandercock BK, Murray L. Effect of Temperature on Plant Resistance to Arthropod Pests. Environ Entomol 2020; 49:537-545. [PMID: 32280953 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvaa033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Temperature has a strong influence on the development, survival, and fecundity of herbivorous arthropods, and it plays a key role in regulating the growth and development of their host plants. In addition, temperature affects the production of plant secondary chemicals as well as structural characteristics used for defense against herbivores. Thus, temperature has potentially important implications for host plant resistance. Because temperature directly impacts arthropod pests, both positively and negatively, distinguishing direct effects from indirect effects mediated through host plants poses a challenge for researchers and practitioners. A more comprehensive understanding of how temperature affects plant resistance specifically, and arthropod pests in general, would lead to better predictions of pest populations, and more effective use of plant resistance as a management tactic. Therefore, the goals of this paper are to 1) review and update knowledge about temperature effects on plant resistance, 2) evaluate alternative experimental approaches for separating direct from plant-mediated indirect effects of temperature on pests, including benefits and limitations of each approach, and 3) offer recommendations for future research.
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- James R Nechols
- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Norway
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Norway
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Norway
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- Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, Norway
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, Norway
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Torgarden, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
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Sandercock BK. Population fitness has a concave relationship with migration distance in Sanderlings. J Anim Ecol 2020; 89:674-677. [PMID: 32141625 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In Focus: Reneerkens, J., Versluijs, T. S. L., Piersma, T., Alves, J. A., Boorman, M., Corse, C., … Lok, T. (2020). Low fitness at low latitudes: wintering in the tropics increases migratory delays and mortality rates in an Arctic breeding shorebird. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89, 691-703. A central question in migratory ecology has been to understand the fitness consequences of individual variation in migration distance among different species and populations. Reneerkens et al. (2020) investigated the demographic consequences of long-distance migration for Sanderlings Calidris alba, an Arctic-breeding species of sandpiper. Their study population has a remarkable geographic distribution with a breeding range that is concentrated in northeast Greenland and Ellesmere Island, Canada but a nonbreeding range that extends across 85° of latitude from Scotland to Namibia. The authors report on unexpected patterns of latitudinal variation in three demographic parameters: timing of passage on northward migration, probability of juvenile migration and apparent survival of adults. Sanderlings travelling 1,800-2,800 km to settle at north temperate sites during the nonbreeding season had earlier passage dates, and also higher probabilities of migration and apparent survival. In contrast, birds travelling 6,000-7,800 km to equatorial sites experienced later passage dates, delayed maturity and lower apparent survival. However, if Sanderlings migrated even farther and flew over 11,000 km to nonbreeding sites in Namibia, then their performance was restored to early passage dates and higher survival. Movement tracks from birds tagged with geolocators showed that birds wintering in Namibia make nonstop flights of 7,500 km that bypass West Africa during northward migration. Thus, all lines of evidence suggest that Sanderlings face adversity when spending the nonbreeding season at equatorial latitudes. Moreover, the central finding that components of fitness can have nonlinear relationships with migration distance is a novel discovery that leads to many additional questions. The new findings have broader implications for theoretical models of migration, and for understanding how different patterns of movements may arise or be maintained in migratory species.
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- Brett K Sandercock
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway
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Nygård T, Sandercock BK, Reinsborg T, Einvik K. Population recovery of peregrine falcons in central Norway in the 4 decades since the DDT-ban. Ecotoxicology 2019; 28:1160-1168. [PMID: 31624990 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-019-02111-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The breeding population of peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Norway was almost exterminated by the early 1970's. Long-term monitoring of breeding pairs has been conducted since 1976 up to present. Peregrine falcons were first established at breeding sites in coastal habitats, where they remained at stable low numbers until the early 1990's. Starting around 2000, numbers began to increase steadily, and current numbers have now reached historical population levels from the pre-DDT era. We documented a range expansion with increasing numbers of peregrines nesting in the fjords and inland valleys. We found that once a territory was colonized, the probability that a territory remained occupied was high (S > 0.958). During early stages of population recovery, the transitional probabilities of becoming or remaining a breeding territory were high (ψN-B > 0.40, ψB-B > 0.65) but declined over time, especially in coastal habitats. Moreover, the productivity per nest has also decreased over time at sites in coastal habitats in the former stronghold of the population. The levels of environmental pollutants in eggs of the peregrines have dropped sharply over the last few decades, and contaminant levels now seem to be below critical levels. Eggshells were relatively thin throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, but have increased to almost normal levels during the last 2 decades. Reductions in levels of organochlorine pollutants, especially DDT, appear to have been the main factor in explaining the population recovery. The territory dynamics are consistent with density-dependence and the low breeding success of the coastal-breeding peregrines is believed to be caused by declining numbers of colonial seabirds and other prey species.
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- Torgeir Nygård
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Høgskoleringen 9, 7034, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Høgskoleringen 9, 7034, Trondheim, Norway
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Grond K, Santo Domingo JW, Lanctot RB, Jumpponen A, Bentzen RL, Boldenow ML, Brown SC, Casler B, Cunningham JA, Doll AC, Freeman S, Hill BL, Kendall SJ, Kwon E, Liebezeit JR, Pirie-Dominix L, Rausch J, Sandercock BK. Composition and Drivers of Gut Microbial Communities in Arctic-Breeding Shorebirds. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2258. [PMID: 31649627 PMCID: PMC6795060 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Gut microbiota can have important effects on host health, but explanatory factors and pathways that determine gut microbial composition can differ among host lineages. In mammals, host phylogeny is one of the main drivers of gut microbiota, a result of vertical transfer of microbiota during birth. In birds, it is less clear what the drivers might be, but both phylogeny and environmental factors may play a role. We investigated host and environmental factors that underlie variation in gut microbiota composition in eight species of migratory shorebirds. We characterized bacterial communities from 375 fecal samples collected from adults of eight shorebird species captured at a network of nine breeding sites in the Arctic and sub-Arctic ecoregions of North America, by sequencing the V4 region of the bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Firmicutes (55.4%), Proteobacteria (13.8%), Fusobacteria (10.2%), and Bacteroidetes (8.1%) dominated the gut microbiota of adult shorebirds. Breeding location was the main driver of variation in gut microbiota of breeding shorebirds (R2 = 11.6%), followed by shorebird host species (R2 = 1.8%), and sampling year (R2 = 0.9%), but most variation remained unexplained. Site variation resulted from differences in the core bacterial taxa, whereas rare, low-abundance bacteria drove host species variation. Our study is the first to highlight a greater importance of local environment than phylogeny as a driver of gut microbiota composition in wild, migratory birds under natural conditions.
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- Kirsten Grond
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK, United States
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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- Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
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- Independent Researcher, Nehalem, OR, United States
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO, United States
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- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, AK, United States
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- Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
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- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, AK, United States
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway
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Kwon E, Weiser EL, Lanctot RB, Brown SC, Gates HR, Gilchrist G, Kendall SJ, Lank DB, Liebezeit JR, McKinnon L, Nol E, Payer DC, Rausch J, Rinella DJ, Saalfeld ST, Senner NR, Smith PA, Ward D, Wisseman RW, Sandercock BK. Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates. ECOL MONOGR 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Eunbi Kwon
- Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan Kansas 66506 USA
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- Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan Kansas 66506 USA
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- Migratory Bird Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage Alaska 99503 USA
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- Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Manomet Massachusetts 02345 USA
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- Migratory Bird Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage Alaska 99503 USA
- Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Manomet Massachusetts 02345 USA
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada National Wildlife Research Centre Carleton University Ottawa Ontario K1A 0H3 Canada
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- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fairbanks Alaska 99701 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University Burnaby British Columbia V3H 3S6 Canada
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- Department of Biology Trent University Peterborough Ontario K9J 7B8 Canada
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- Department of Biology Trent University Peterborough Ontario K9J 7B8 Canada
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- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fairbanks Alaska 99701 USA
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- Canadian Wildlife Service Yellowknife Northwest Territories X1A 2P7 Canada
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- Alaska Center for Conservation Science and Department of Biological Sciences University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage Alaska 99508 USA
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- Migratory Bird Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage Alaska 99503 USA
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- Cornell Lab of Ornithology Cornell University Ithaca New York 14850 USA
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada Wildlife Research Division Ottawa Ontario K1A 0H3 Canada
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- US Geological Survey Anchorage Alaska 99508 USA
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Gamelon M, Sandercock BK, Sæther B. Does harvesting amplify environmentally induced population fluctuations over time in marine and terrestrial species? J Appl Ecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Marlène Gamelon
- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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- Department of Terrestrial Ecology Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Trondheim Norway
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- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim Norway
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Sullins DS, Kraft JD, Haukos DA, Robinson SG, Reitz JH, Plumb RT, Lautenbach JM, Lautenbach JD, Sandercock BK, Hagen CA. Demographic consequences of conservation reserve program grasslands for lesser prairie‐chickens. J Wildl Manage 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Daniel S. Sullins
- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDivision of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKS66506USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDivision of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKS66506USA
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- U.S. Geological SurveyKansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDivision of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKS66506USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDivision of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKS66506USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDivision of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKS66506USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDivision of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKS66506USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDivision of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKS66506USA
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeOregon State UniversityBendOR97702USA
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Grond K, Lanctot RB, Jumpponen A, Sandercock BK. Recruitment and establishment of the gut microbiome in arctic shorebirds. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2018; 93:4563572. [PMID: 29069418 DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fix142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Gut microbiota play a key role in host health. Mammals acquire gut microbiota during birth, but timing of gut microbial recruitment in birds is unknown. We evaluated whether precocial chicks from three species of arctic-breeding shorebirds acquire gut microbiota before or after hatching, and then documented the rate and compositional dynamics of accumulation of gut microbiota. Contrary to earlier reports of microbial recruitment before hatching in chickens, quantitative PCR and Illumina sequence data indicated negligible microbiota in the guts of shorebird embryos before hatching. Analyses of chick feces indicated an exponential increase in bacterial abundance of guts 0-2 days post-hatch, followed by stabilization. Gut communities were characterized by stochastic recruitment and convergence towards a community dominated by Clostridia and Gammaproteobacteria. We conclude that guts of shorebird chicks are likely void of microbiota prior to hatch, but that stable gut microbiome establishes as early as 3 days of age, probably from environmental inocula.
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- Kirsten Grond
- Kansas State University, Division of Biology, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA
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- Kansas State University, Division of Biology, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Hope AG, Sandercock BK, Malaney JL. Collection of Scientific Specimens: Benefits for Biodiversity Sciences and Limited Impacts on Communities of Small Mammals. Bioscience 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Kwon E, English WB, Weiser EL, Franks SE, Hodkinson DJ, Lank DB, Sandercock BK. Delayed egg-laying and shortened incubation duration of Arctic-breeding shorebirds coincide with climate cooling. Ecol Evol 2017; 8:1339-1351. [PMID: 29375802 PMCID: PMC5773331 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Biological impacts of climate change are exemplified by shifts in phenology. As the timing of breeding advances, the within‐season relationships between timing of breeding and reproductive traits may change and cause long‐term changes in the population mean value of reproductive traits. We investigated long‐term changes in the timing of breeding and within‐season patterns of clutch size, egg volume, incubation duration, and daily nest survival of three shorebird species between two decades. Based on previously known within‐season patterns and assuming a warming trend, we hypothesized that the timing of clutch initiation would advance between decades and would be coupled with increases in mean clutch size, egg volume, and daily nest survival rate. We monitored 1,378 nests of western sandpipers, semipalmated sandpipers, and red‐necked phalaropes at a subarctic site during 1993–1996 and 2010–2014. Sandpipers have biparental incubation, whereas phalaropes have uniparental incubation. We found an unexpected long‐term cooling trend during the early part of the breeding season. Three species delayed clutch initiation by 5 days in the 2010s relative to the 1990s. Clutch size and daily nest survival showed strong within‐season declines in sandpipers, but not in phalaropes. Egg volume showed strong within‐season declines in one species of sandpiper, but increased in phalaropes. Despite the within‐season patterns in traits and shifts in phenology, clutch size, egg volume, and daily nest survival were similar between decades. In contrast, incubation duration did not show within‐season variation, but decreased by 2 days in sandpipers and increased by 2 days in phalaropes. Shorebirds demonstrated variable breeding phenology and incubation duration in relation to climate cooling, but little change in nonphenological components of traits. Our results indicate that the breeding phenology of shorebirds is closely associated with the temperature conditions on breeding ground, the effects of which can vary among reproductive traits and among sympatric species.
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- Eunbi Kwon
- Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKSUSA
- Present address:
Department of Fish and Wildlife ConservationVirginia TechBlacksburgVAUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesSimon Fraser UniversityBurnabyBCCanada
- Present address:
Department of BiologyCarleton UniversityOttawaONCanada
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- Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKSUSA
- Present address:
U.S. Geological SurveyUpper Midwest Environmental Sciences CenterLa CrosseWIUSA
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- Department of Biological SciencesSimon Fraser UniversityBurnabyBCCanada
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- Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKSUSA
- Present address:
Norwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheimNorway
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- Department of Animal and Range Sciences; Montana State University; Bozeman MT 59717 USA
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- Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism; Emporia KS 66801 USA
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Lank DB, Xu C, Harrington BA, Morrison RIG, Gratto-Trevor CL, Hicklin PW, Sandercock BK, Smith PA, Kwon E, Rausch J, Pirie Dominix LD, Hamilton DJ, Paquet J, Bliss SE, Neima SG, Friis C, Flemming SA, Anderson AM, Ydenberg RC. Long-term continental changes in wing length, but not bill length, of a long-distance migratory shorebird. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:3243-3256. [PMID: 28480022 PMCID: PMC5415538 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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We compiled a >50‐year record of morphometrics for semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla), a shorebird species with a Nearctic breeding distribution and intercontinental migration to South America. Our data included >57,000 individuals captured 1972–2015 at five breeding locations and three major stopover sites, plus 139 museum specimens collected in earlier decades. Wing length increased by ca. 1.5 mm (>1%) prior to 1980, followed by a decrease of 3.85 mm (nearly 4%) over the subsequent 35 years. This can account for previously reported changes in metrics at a migratory stopover site from 1985 to 2006. Wing length decreased at a rate of 1,098 darwins, or 0.176 haldanes, within the ranges of other field studies of phenotypic change. Bill length, in contrast, showed no consistent change over the full period of our study. Decreased body size as a universal response of animal populations to climate warming, and several other potential mechanisms, are unable to account for the increasing and decreasing wing length pattern observed. We propose that the post‐WWII near‐extirpation of falcon populations and their post‐1973 recovery driven by the widespread use and subsequent limitation on DDT in North America selected initially for greater flight efficiency and latterly for greater agility. This predation danger hypothesis accounts for many features of the morphometric data and deserves further investigation in this and other species.
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- David B Lank
- Centre for Wildlife Ecology Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada
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- Centre for Wildlife Ecology Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada
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- National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada Carleton University Ottawa ON Canada
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- Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada Saskatoon SK Canada
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada Sackville
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- National Wildlife Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada Carleton University Ottawa ON Canada
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- Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan KS USA.,Present address: Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA USA
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada Yellowknife NT Canada
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada Iqaluit NU Canada
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- Department of Biology Mount Allison University Sackville NB Canada
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada Sackville
NB Canada
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- Department of Biology Mount Allison University Sackville NB Canada
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- Department of Biology Mount Allison University Sackville NB Canada
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- Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada Toronto ON Canada
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- Environmental and Life Sciences Trent University Peterborough ON Canada
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- Centre for Wildlife Ecology Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada
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Hough AR, Nechols JR, McCornack BP, Margolies DC, Sandercock BK, Yan D, Murray L. The Effect of Temperature and Host Plant Resistance on Population Growth of the Soybean Aphid Biotype 1 (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Environ Entomol 2017; 46:58-67. [PMID: 28025225 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvw160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A laboratory experiment was conducted to evaluate direct and indirect effects of temperature on demographic traits and population growth of biotype 1 of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura. Our objectives were to better understand how temperature influences the expression of host plant resistance, quantify the individual and interactive effects of plant resistance and temperature on soybean aphid population growth, and generate thermal constants for predicting temperature-dependent development on both susceptible and resistant soybeans. To assess indirect (plant-mediated) effects, soybean aphids were reared under a range of temperatures (15-30 °C) on soybean seedlings from a line expressing a Rag1 gene for resistance, and life history traits were quantified and compared to those obtained for soybean aphids on a susceptible soybean line. Direct effects of temperature were obtained by comparing relative differences in the magnitude of life-history traits among temperatures on susceptible soybeans. We predicted that temperature and host plant resistance would have a combined, but asymmetrical, effect on soybean aphid fitness and population growth. Results showed that temperature and plant resistance influenced preimaginal development and survival, progeny produced, and adult longevity. There also appeared to be a complex interaction between temperature and plant resistance for survival and developmental rate. Evidence suggested that the level of plant resistance increased at higher, but not lower, temperature. Soybean aphids required about the same number of degree-days to develop on resistant and susceptible plants. Our results will be useful for making predictions of soybean aphid population growth on resistant plants under different seasonal temperatures.
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- Ashley R Hough
- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, 1603 Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506 (; ; ; )
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, 1603 Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506 (; ; ; )
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, 1603 Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506 (; ; ; )
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- Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, 1603 Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506 (; ; ; )
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 116 Ackert Hall, 1717 Claflin Rd., Manhattan, KS 66506
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- Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, 101 Dickens Hall, 1116 Mid-Campus Dr. North, Manhattan, KS 66506 (; )
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- Department of Statistics, Kansas State University, 101 Dickens Hall, 1116 Mid-Campus Dr. North, Manhattan, KS 66506 (; )
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- Edward J. Raynor
- Division of Biology; Kansas State University; 116 Ackert Hall Manhattan KS 66506 U.S.A
- Present address: School of Natural Resources, 517 Hardin Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Lincoln NE 68583 U.S.A
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- Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources; Kansas State University; Manhattan KS 66506 U.S.A
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- Division of Biology; Kansas State University; 116 Ackert Hall Manhattan KS 66506 U.S.A
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Ricketts AM, Sandercock BK. Patch‐burn grazing increases habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity of small mammals in managed rangelands. Ecosphere 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Ganser C, Gregory AJ, McNew LB, Hunt LA, Sandercock BK, Wisely SM. Fine-scale distribution modeling of avian malaria vectors in north-central Kansas. J Vector Ecol 2016; 41:114-122. [PMID: 27232133 DOI: 10.1111/jvec.12202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Infectious diseases increasingly play a role in the decline of wildlife populations. Vector-borne diseases, in particular, have been implicated in mass mortality events and localized population declines are threatening some species with extinction. Transmission patterns for vector-borne diseases are influenced by the spatial distribution of vectors and are therefore not uniform across the landscape. Avian malaria is a globally distributed vector-borne disease that has been shown to affect endemic bird populations of North America. We evaluated shared habitat use between avian malaria vectors, mosquitoes in the genus Culex and a native grassland bird, the Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), by (1) modeling the distribution of Culex spp. occurrence across the Smoky Hills of north-central Kansas using detection data and habitat variables, (2) assessing the occurrence of these vectors at nests of female Greater Prairie-Chickens, and (3) evaluating if shared habitat use between vectors and hosts is correlated with malarial infection status of the Greater Prairie-Chicken. Our results indicate that Culex occurrence increased at nest locations compared to other available but unoccupied grassland habitats; however the shared habitat use between vectors and hosts did not result in an increased prevalence of malarial parasites in Greater Prairie-Chickens that occupied habitats with high vector occurrence. We developed a predictive map to illustrate the associations between Culex occurrence and infection status with malarial parasites in an obligate grassland bird that may be used to guide management decisions to limit the spread of vector-borne diseases.
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- Claudia Ganser
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 60506, U.S.A
- Department of Wildlife Ecology Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A
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- School of Earth, the Environment, Society, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, U.S.A
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 60506, U.S.A
- Department of Animal Range Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, U.S.A
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 60506, U.S.A
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 60506, U.S.A
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, U.S.A..
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Weiser EL, Lanctot RB, Brown SC, Alves JA, Battley PF, Bentzen R, Bêty J, Bishop MA, Boldenow M, Bollache L, Casler B, Christie M, Coleman JT, Conklin JR, English WB, Gates HR, Gilg O, Giroux MA, Gosbell K, Hassell C, Helmericks J, Johnson A, Katrínardóttir B, Koivula K, Kwon E, Lamarre JF, Lang J, Lank DB, Lecomte N, Liebezeit J, Loverti V, McKinnon L, Minton C, Mizrahi D, Nol E, Pakanen VM, Perz J, Porter R, Rausch J, Reneerkens J, Rönkä N, Saalfeld S, Senner N, Sittler B, Smith PA, Sowl K, Taylor A, Ward DH, Yezerinac S, Sandercock BK. Effects of geolocators on hatching success, return rates, breeding movements, and change in body mass in 16 species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Mov Ecol 2016; 4:12. [PMID: 27134752 PMCID: PMC4850671 DOI: 10.1186/s40462-016-0077-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Geolocators are useful for tracking movements of long-distance migrants, but potential negative effects on birds have not been well studied. We tested for effects of geolocators (0.8-2.0 g total, representing 0.1-3.9 % of mean body mass) on 16 species of migratory shorebirds, including five species with 2-4 subspecies each for a total of 23 study taxa. Study species spanned a range of body sizes (26-1091 g) and eight genera, and were tagged at 23 breeding and eight nonbreeding sites. We compared breeding performance and return rates of birds with geolocators to control groups while controlling for potential confounding variables. RESULTS We detected negative effects of tags for three small-bodied species. Geolocators reduced annual return rates for two of 23 taxa: by 63 % for semipalmated sandpipers and by 43 % for the arcticola subspecies of dunlin. High resighting effort for geolocator birds could have masked additional negative effects. Geolocators were more likely to negatively affect return rates if the total mass of geolocators and color markers was 2.5-5.8 % of body mass than if tags were 0.3-2.3 % of body mass. Carrying a geolocator reduced nest success by 42 % for semipalmated sandpipers and tripled the probability of partial clutch failure in semipalmated and western sandpipers. Geolocators mounted perpendicular to the leg on a flag had stronger negative effects on nest success than geolocators mounted parallel to the leg on a band. However, parallel-band geolocators were more likely to reduce return rates and cause injuries to the leg. No effects of geolocators were found on breeding movements or changes in body mass. Among-site variation in geolocator effect size was high, suggesting that local factors were important. CONCLUSIONS Negative effects of geolocators occurred only for three of the smallest species in our dataset, but were substantial when present. Future studies could mitigate impacts of tags by reducing protruding parts and minimizing use of additional markers. Investigators could maximize recovery of tags by strategically deploying geolocators on males, previously marked individuals, and successful breeders, though targeting subsets of a population could bias the resulting migratory movement data in some species.
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- Emily L. Weiser
- />Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS USA
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- />CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
- />South Iceland Research Centre, University of Iceland, Selfoss, Iceland
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- />Ecology Group, Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- />Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie and Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC Canada
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- />Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK USA
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- />Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
- />Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement UMR CNRS 6249, Besançon, France
- />Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, Francheville, France
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- />Chair in Global Flyway Ecology, Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada
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- />US Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK USA
- />Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, MA USA
- />ABR, Inc. - Environmental Research and Services, Anchorage, AK USA
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- />Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, Francheville, France
- />Laboratoire Biogéoscience, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- />Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie and Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC Canada
- />Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB Canada
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- />Victorian Wader Study Group, Victoria, Australia
- />Australasian Wader Studies Group, Victoria, Australia
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- />Australasian Wader Studies Group, Victoria, Australia
- />Global Flyway Network, Broome, WA Australia
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- />Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
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- />Department of Ecology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- />Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS USA
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- />Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie and Centre d’Études Nordiques, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC Canada
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- />Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, Francheville, France
- />Institute of Animal Ecology and Nature Education, Gonterskirchen, Germany
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- />Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada
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- />Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB Canada
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- />Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON Canada
- />Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, York University Glendon Campus, Toronto, ON Canada
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- />Victorian Wader Study Group, Victoria, Australia
- />Australasian Wader Studies Group, Victoria, Australia
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- />Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON Canada
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- />Department of Biology, Trent University, Peterborough, ON Canada
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- />Delaware Bay Shorebird Project, Ambler, PA USA
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- />Chair in Global Flyway Ecology, Conservation Ecology Group, Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- />Arctic Research Centre, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- />Department of Ecology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- />Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Arctique, Francheville, France
- />Institut für Landespflege, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- />Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bethel, AK USA
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- />Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK USA
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Winder VL, Carrlson KM, Gregory AJ, Hagen CA, Haukos DA, Kesler DC, Larsson LC, Matthews TW, McNew LB, Patten MA, Pitman JC, Powell LA, Smith JA, Thompson T, Wolfe DH, Sandercock BK. Factors affecting female space use in ten populations of prairie chickens. Ecosphere 2015. [DOI: 10.1890/es14-00536.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Alice Boyle W, Sandercock BK, Martin K. Patterns and drivers of intraspecific variation in avian life history along elevational gradients: a meta-analysis. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2015; 91:469-82. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- W. Alice Boyle
- Division of Biology; Kansas State University; 116 Ackert Hall Manhattan KS 66506-4901 U.S.A
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences; Centre for Applied Conservation Biology, University of British Columbia; 3004-2424 Main Mall Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada
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- Division of Biology; Kansas State University; 116 Ackert Hall Manhattan KS 66506-4901 U.S.A
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- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences; Centre for Applied Conservation Biology, University of British Columbia; 3004-2424 Main Mall Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z4 Canada
- Environment Canada; 5421 Robertson Road Delta British Columbia V4K 3N2 Canada
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McNew LB, Hunt LM, Gregory AJ, Wisely SM, Sandercock BK. Effects of wind energy development on nesting ecology of greater prairie-chickens in fragmented grasslands. Conserv Biol 2014; 28:1089-99. [PMID: 24628394 PMCID: PMC4315899 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Wind energy is targeted to meet 20% of U.S. energy needs by 2030, but new sites for development of renewable energy may overlap with important habitats of declining populations of grassland birds. Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido) are an obligate grassland bird species predicted to respond negatively to energy development. We used a modified before-after control-impact design to test for impacts of a wind energy development on the reproductive ecology of prairie-chickens in a 5-year study. We located 59 and 185 nests before and after development, respectively, of a 201 MW wind energy facility in Greater Prairie-Chicken nesting habitat and assessed nest site selection and nest survival relative to proximity to wind energy infrastructure and habitat conditions. Proximity to turbines did not negatively affect nest site selection (β = 0.03, 95% CI = -1.2-1.3) or nest survival (β = -0.3, 95% CI = -0.6-0.1). Instead, nest site selection and survival were strongly related to vegetative cover and other local conditions determined by management for cattle production. Integration of our project results with previous reports of behavioral avoidance of oil and gas facilities by other species of prairie grouse suggests new avenues for research to mitigate impacts of energy development.
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- Lance B McNew
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, U.S.A..
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Lounsberry ZT, Almeida JB, Lanctot RB, Liebezeit JR, Sandercock BK, Strum KM, Zack S, Wisely SM. Museum collections reveal that Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Calidris subruficollis) maintained mtDNA variability despite large population declines during the past 135 years. CONSERV GENET 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-014-0611-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Winder VL, McNew LB, Gregory AJ, Hunt LM, Wisely SM, Sandercock BK. Effects of wind energy development on survival of female greater prairie‐chickens. J Appl Ecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- United States Geological Survey Alaska Science Center Anchorage AK 99508 USA
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- School of Forestry Northern Arizona University Flagstaff AZ 86002 USA
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- Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation University of Florida Gainesville FL 32611 USA
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Blanco-Fontao B, Sandercock BK, Obeso JR, McNew LB, Quevedo M. Effects of sexual dimorphism and landscape composition on the trophic behavior of Greater Prairie-Chicken. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79986. [PMID: 24244588 PMCID: PMC3823567 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Partitioning of ecological niche is expected in lekking species that show marked sexual size dimorphism as a consequence of sex-specific ecological constraints. However, niche partitioning is uncertain in species with moderate sexual dimorphism. In addition, the ecological niche of a species may also be affected by landscape composition; particularly, agricultural fragmentation may greatly influence the trophic behavior of herbivores. We studied trophic niche variation in Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido), a grouse species that shows moderate sex-dimorphism. Greater Prairie-Chickens are native to tallgrass prairies of North America, although populations persist in less natural mosaics of cropland and native habitats. We used stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen in blood, claws and feathers to assess seasonal differences in trophic niche breadth and individual specialization between male and female Greater Prairie-Chickens, and between birds living in continuous and fragmented landscapes. We found that females showed broader niches and higher individual specialization than males, especially in winter and autumn. However, differences between females and males were smaller in spring when birds converge at leks, suggesting that females and males may exhibit similar feeding behaviors during the lekking period. In addition, we found that birds living in native prairies showed greater annual trophic variability than conspecifics in agricultural mosaic landscapes. Native habitats may provide greater dietary diversity, resulting in greater diversity of feeding strategies.
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- Beatriz Blanco-Fontao
- Research Unit of Biodiversity, (UO/CSIC/PA), Asturias, Spain
- Dpt. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Área de Ecología, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Research Unit of Biodiversity, (UO/CSIC/PA), Asturias, Spain
- Dpt. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Área de Ecología, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Research Unit of Biodiversity, (UO/CSIC/PA), Asturias, Spain
- Dpt. Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Área de Ecología, Universidad de Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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Mcnew LB, Gregory AJ, Sandercock BK. Spatial heterogeneity in habitat selection: Nest site selection by greater prairie-chickens. J Wildl Manage 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Leyrer J, Lok T, Brugge M, Dekinga A, Spaans B, van Gils JA, Sandercock BK, Piersma T. Small-scale demographic structure suggests preemptive behavior in a flocking shorebird. Behav Ecol 2012. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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McNew LB, Gregory AJ, Wisely SM, Sandercock BK. Demography of greater prairie-chickens: Regional variation in vital rates, sensitivity values, and population dynamics. J Wildl Manage 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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McNew LB, Prebyl TJ, Sandercock BK. Effects of rangeland management on the site occupancy dynamics of prairie-chickens in a protected prairie preserve. J Wildl Manage 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Jeffress MR, Paukert CP, Whittier JB, Sandercock BK, Gipson PS. Scale-dependent Factors Affecting North American River Otter Distribution in the Midwest. The American Midland Naturalist 2011. [DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-166.1.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Johnson TL, Cully JF, Collinge SK, Ray C, Frey CM, Sandercock BK. Spread of plague among black-tailed prairie dogs is associated with colony spatial characteristics. J Wildl Manage 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Sandercock BK, Nilsen EB, Brøseth H, Pedersen HC. Is hunting mortality additive or compensatory to natural mortality? Effects of experimental harvest on the survival and cause-specific mortality of willow ptarmigan. J Anim Ecol 2010; 80:244-58. [PMID: 21054381 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01769.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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1. The effects of harvest on the annual and seasonal survival of willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus L. were tested in a large-scale harvest experiment. Management units were randomly assigned to one of three experimental treatments: 0%, 15% or 30% harvest. Seasonal quotas were based on the experimental treatment and estimates of bird density before the hunting season. Survival rates and hazard functions for radio-marked ptarmigan were then estimated under the competing risks of harvest and natural mortality. 2. The partially compensatory mortality hypothesis was supported: annual survival of ptarmigan was 0·54 ± 0·08 SE under 0% harvest, 0·47 ± 0·06 under 15% harvest, and was reduced to 0·30 ± 0·05 under 30% harvest. Harvest mortality increased linearly from 0·08 ± 0·05, 0·27 ± 0·05 and 0·42 ± 0·06 from 0% to 30% harvest, whereas natural mortality was 0·38 ± 0·08, 0·25 ± 0·05 and 0·28 ± 0·06 under the same treatments. 3. Realized risk of harvest mortality was 0·08-0·12 points higher than our set harvest treatments of 0-30% because birds were exposed to risk if they moved out of protected areas. The superadditive hypothesis was supported because birds in the 30% harvest treatment had higher natural mortality during winter after the hunting season. 4. Natural mortality was mainly because of raptor predation, with two seasonal peaks in fall and spring. Natural and harvest mortality coincided during early autumn with little potential for compensation during winter months. Peak risk of harvest mortality was 5× higher than natural mortality. Low natural mortality during winter suggests that most late season harvest would be additive mortality. 5. Environmental correlates of natural mortality of ptarmigan included seasonal changes in snow cover, onset of juvenile dispersal, and periods of territorial activity. Natural mortality of ptarmigan was highest during autumn movements and nesting by gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus L. Mortality was low when gyrfalcons had departed for coastal wintering sites, and during summer when ptarmigan were attending nests and broods. 6. Our experimental results have important implications for harvest management of upland gamebirds. Seasonal quotas based on proportional harvest were effective and should be set at ≤ 15% of August populations for regional management plans. Under threshold harvest of a reproductive surplus, 15% harvest would be sustainable at productivity rates ≥ 2·5 young per pair. Impacts of winter harvest could be minimized by closing the hunting season in early November or by reducing late season quotas.
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Sandercock BK, Beissinger SR. Estimating rates of population change for a neotropical parrot with ratio, mark-recapture and matrix methods. J Appl Stat 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/02664760120108818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- Ashley E Casey
- Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, USA
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Dalgleish HJ, Kula AR, Hartnett DC, Sandercock BK. Responses of two bunchgrasses to nitrogen addition in tallgrass prairie: the role of bud bank demography. Am J Bot 2008; 95:672-680. [PMID: 21632392 DOI: 10.3732/ajb.2007277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Growth of tallgrass prairie plants, many of which maintain substantial bud banks, can be limited by nitrogen (N), water, and/or light. We hypothesized that tallgrass prairie plants respond to increases in N through demographic effects on the bud bank. We tested the effects of a pulse of N on (1) bud bank demography, (2) plant reproductive allocation, and (3) ramet size. We parameterized matrix models, considering each genet as a population of plant parts. Nitrogen addition significantly impacted bud bank demography in two subdominant species of bunchgrass: Sporobolus heterolepis (a C(4) grass) and Koeleria macrantha (a C(3) grass), but had no effect on the size of individual ramets. Emergence from the bud bank and ramet population growth rates (λ) were significantly higher in S. heterolepis genets that received supplemental N. Nitrogen addition also affected the bud demography of K. macrantha, but N addition decreased rather than increased λ. Prospective and retrospective demographic analyses indicated that bud bank dynamics were the most important demographic processes driving plant responses to nutrient availability. Thus, the variation in productivity in these tallgrass prairie species is driven principally by the demography of the bud bank rather than by the physiology and growth of aboveground tillers. Improved understanding of bud bank dynamics may lead to improved predictive models of grassland responses to environmental changes such as altered N deposition and precipitation.
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- Harmony J Dalgleish
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 USA
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Nooker JK, Sandercock BK. Phenotypic correlates and survival consequences of male mating success in lek-mating greater prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0566-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Generalist brood parasites reduce productivity and population growth of avian hosts and have been implicated in population declines of several songbirds of conservation concern. To estimate the demographic effects of brood parasitism on Bell's Vireos (Vireo bellii), we removed Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) in a replicated switchback experimental design. Cowbird removals decreased parasitism frequency from 77% and 85% at unmanipulated plots to 58% and 47% at removal plots in 2004 and 2005, respectively. Vireo productivity per pair was higher at cowbird removal plots when years were pooled (mean = 2.6 +/- 0.2 [SE] young per pair) compared to unmanipulated plots (1.2 +/- 0.1). Nest desertion frequency was lower at cowbird removal plots (35% of parasitized nests) compared to unmanipulated plots (69%) because removal of host eggs was the proximate cue for nest desertion, and vireos experienced lower rates of egg loss at cowbird removal plots. Nest success was higher among unparasitized than parasitized nests, and parasitized nests at cowbird removal plots had a higher probability of success than parasitized nests at unmanipulated plots. Unexpectedly, cowbird productivity from vireo pairs was higher at cowbird removal plots (mean = 0.3 +/- 0.06 young per pair) than at unmanipulated plots (0.1 +/- 0.03) because fewer parasitized nests were deserted and the probability of nest success was higher. Our study provides the first evidence that increases in cowbird productivity may be an unintended consequence of cowbird control programs, especially during the initial years of trapping when parasitism may only be moderately reduced. Thus, understanding the demographic impacts of cowbird removals requires an informed understanding of the behavioral ecology of host-parasite interactions.
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- Karl L Kosciuch
- Division of Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
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