Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant?
While some migratory birds perform non-stop flights of over 11 000 km, many species only spend around 15% of the day in flight during migration, posing a question as to why flight times for many species are so short. Here, we test the idea that hyperthermia might constrain flight duration (FD) in a...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstb.2015.0386 2024-09-15T18:36:00+00:00 Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant? Guillemette, Magella Woakes, Anthony J. Larochelle, Jacques Polymeropoulos, Elias T. Granbois, Jean-Marc Butler, Patrick J. Pelletier, David Frappell, Peter B. Portugal, Steven J. 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0386 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.2015.0386 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rstb.2015.0386 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 371, issue 1704, page 20150386 ISSN 0962-8436 1471-2970 journal-article 2016 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0386 2024-07-01T04:20:49Z While some migratory birds perform non-stop flights of over 11 000 km, many species only spend around 15% of the day in flight during migration, posing a question as to why flight times for many species are so short. Here, we test the idea that hyperthermia might constrain flight duration (FD) in a short-distance migrant using remote biologging technology to measure heart rate, hydrostatic pressure and body temperature in 19 migrating eider ducks ( Somateria mollissima ), a short-distance migrant. Our results reveal a stop-and-go migration strategy where migratory flights were frequent (14 flights day −1 ) and short (15.7 min), together with the fact that body temperature increases by 1°C, on average, during such flights, which equates to a rate of heat storage index (HSI) of 4°C h −1 . Furthermore, we could not find any evidence that short flights were limited by heart rate, together with the fact that the numerous stops could not be explained by the need to feed, as the frequency of dives and the time spent feeding were comparatively small during the migratory period. We thus conclude that hyperthermia appears to be the predominant determinant of the observed migration strategy, and suggest that such a physiological limitation to FD may also occur in other species. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Moving in a moving medium: new perspectives on flight’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Somateria mollissima The Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 1704 20150386 |
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While some migratory birds perform non-stop flights of over 11 000 km, many species only spend around 15% of the day in flight during migration, posing a question as to why flight times for many species are so short. Here, we test the idea that hyperthermia might constrain flight duration (FD) in a short-distance migrant using remote biologging technology to measure heart rate, hydrostatic pressure and body temperature in 19 migrating eider ducks ( Somateria mollissima ), a short-distance migrant. Our results reveal a stop-and-go migration strategy where migratory flights were frequent (14 flights day −1 ) and short (15.7 min), together with the fact that body temperature increases by 1°C, on average, during such flights, which equates to a rate of heat storage index (HSI) of 4°C h −1 . Furthermore, we could not find any evidence that short flights were limited by heart rate, together with the fact that the numerous stops could not be explained by the need to feed, as the frequency of dives and the time spent feeding were comparatively small during the migratory period. We thus conclude that hyperthermia appears to be the predominant determinant of the observed migration strategy, and suggest that such a physiological limitation to FD may also occur in other species. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Moving in a moving medium: new perspectives on flight’. |
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Guillemette, Magella Woakes, Anthony J. Larochelle, Jacques Polymeropoulos, Elias T. Granbois, Jean-Marc Butler, Patrick J. Pelletier, David Frappell, Peter B. Portugal, Steven J. Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant? |
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Guillemette, Magella Woakes, Anthony J. Larochelle, Jacques Polymeropoulos, Elias T. Granbois, Jean-Marc Butler, Patrick J. Pelletier, David Frappell, Peter B. Portugal, Steven J. |
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Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant? |
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Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant? |
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Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant? |
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Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant? |
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Does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant? |
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does hyperthermia constrain flight duration in a short-distance migrant? |
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