Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution
Relationships between events in one period of the annual cycle and behaviour in subsequent seasons are key determinants of individual life histories and population dynamics. However, studying such associations is challenging, given the difficulties in following individuals across seasons, particular...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspb.2010.2601 2024-09-15T18:00:00+00:00 Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution Bogdanova, Maria I. Daunt, Francis Newell, Mark Phillips, Richard A. Harris, Michael P. Wanless, Sarah 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2601 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2010.2601 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2010.2601 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 278, issue 1717, page 2412-2418 ISSN 0962-8452 1471-2954 journal-article 2011 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2601 2024-07-08T04:26:36Z Relationships between events in one period of the annual cycle and behaviour in subsequent seasons are key determinants of individual life histories and population dynamics. However, studying such associations is challenging, given the difficulties in following individuals across seasons, particularly in migratory species. Relationships between breeding performance and subsequent winter ecology are particularly poorly understood, yet are likely to be profoundly important because of the costs of reproduction. Using geolocation technology, we show that black-legged kittiwakes that experienced breeding failure left their colony in southeast Scotland earlier than successful breeders. Moreover, a greater proportion of unsuccessful breeders (94% versus 53% successful) travelled over 3000 km to the West Atlantic, whereas fewer visited the East Atlantic (31% versus 80% successful), less than 1000 km from the colony. The two groups did not differ in the timing of return to the colony the following spring. However, 58 per cent of males made a previously undescribed long-distance pre-breeding movement to the central Atlantic. Our results demonstrate important links between reproductive performance and winter distribution, with significant implications for population dynamics. Furthermore, macro-scale segregation associated with breeding outcome is relevant to defining important wintering areas, in particular among declining species experiencing increasingly regular breeding failure. Article in Journal/Newspaper Black-legged Kittiwake rissa tridactyla The Royal Society Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 1717 2412 2418 |
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Relationships between events in one period of the annual cycle and behaviour in subsequent seasons are key determinants of individual life histories and population dynamics. However, studying such associations is challenging, given the difficulties in following individuals across seasons, particularly in migratory species. Relationships between breeding performance and subsequent winter ecology are particularly poorly understood, yet are likely to be profoundly important because of the costs of reproduction. Using geolocation technology, we show that black-legged kittiwakes that experienced breeding failure left their colony in southeast Scotland earlier than successful breeders. Moreover, a greater proportion of unsuccessful breeders (94% versus 53% successful) travelled over 3000 km to the West Atlantic, whereas fewer visited the East Atlantic (31% versus 80% successful), less than 1000 km from the colony. The two groups did not differ in the timing of return to the colony the following spring. However, 58 per cent of males made a previously undescribed long-distance pre-breeding movement to the central Atlantic. Our results demonstrate important links between reproductive performance and winter distribution, with significant implications for population dynamics. Furthermore, macro-scale segregation associated with breeding outcome is relevant to defining important wintering areas, in particular among declining species experiencing increasingly regular breeding failure. |
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Bogdanova, Maria I. Daunt, Francis Newell, Mark Phillips, Richard A. Harris, Michael P. Wanless, Sarah Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution |
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Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution |
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Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution |
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Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution |
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Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution |
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Seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution |
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seasonal interactions in the black-legged kittiwake, rissa tridactyla : links between breeding performance and winter distribution |
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