Partial diel migration: A facultative migration underpinned by long‐term inter‐individual variation
Abstract The variations in migration that comprise partial diel migrations, putatively occur entirely as a consequence of behavioural flexibility. However, seasonal partial migrations are increasingly recognised to be mediated by a combination of reversible plasticity in response to environmental va...
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crwiley:10.1111/1365-2656.12716 2024-06-02T08:04:39+00:00 Partial diel migration: A facultative migration underpinned by long‐term inter‐individual variation Harrison, Philip M. Gutowsky, Lee F. G. Martins, Eduardo G. Patterson, David A. Cooke, Steven J. Power, Michael Dingemanse, Niels Canada Research Chairs 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12716 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1365-2656.12716 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.12716 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Animal Ecology volume 86, issue 5, page 1246-1256 ISSN 0021-8790 1365-2656 journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12716 2024-05-03T11:18:31Z Abstract The variations in migration that comprise partial diel migrations, putatively occur entirely as a consequence of behavioural flexibility. However, seasonal partial migrations are increasingly recognised to be mediated by a combination of reversible plasticity in response to environmental variation and individual variation due to genetic and environmental effects. Here, we test the hypothesis that while partial diel migration heterogeneity occurs primarily due to short‐term within‐individual flexibility in behaviour, long‐term individual differences in migratory behaviour also underpin this migration variation. Specifically, we use a hierarchical behavioural reaction norm approach to partition within‐ and among‐individual variation in depth use and diel plasticity in depth use, across short‐ and long‐term time‐scales, in a group of 47 burbot ( L ota lota ) tagged with depth‐sensing acoustic telemetry transmitters. We found that within‐individual variation at the among‐dates‐within‐seasons and among‐seasons scale, explained the dominant proportion of phenotypic variation. However, individuals also repeatedly differed in their expression of migration behaviour over the 2 year study duration. These results reveal that diel migration variation occurs primarily due to short‐term within‐individual flexibility in depth use and diel migration behaviour. However, repeatable individual differences also played a key role in mediating partial diel migration. These findings represent a significant advancement of our understanding of the mechanisms generating the important, yet poorly understood phenomena of partial diel migration. Moreover, given the pervasive occurrence of diel migrations across aquatic taxa, these findings indicate that individual differences have an important, yet previously unacknowledged role in structuring the temporal and vertical dynamics of aquatic ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Burbot lota Wiley Online Library Journal of Animal Ecology 86 5 1246 1256 |
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Abstract The variations in migration that comprise partial diel migrations, putatively occur entirely as a consequence of behavioural flexibility. However, seasonal partial migrations are increasingly recognised to be mediated by a combination of reversible plasticity in response to environmental variation and individual variation due to genetic and environmental effects. Here, we test the hypothesis that while partial diel migration heterogeneity occurs primarily due to short‐term within‐individual flexibility in behaviour, long‐term individual differences in migratory behaviour also underpin this migration variation. Specifically, we use a hierarchical behavioural reaction norm approach to partition within‐ and among‐individual variation in depth use and diel plasticity in depth use, across short‐ and long‐term time‐scales, in a group of 47 burbot ( L ota lota ) tagged with depth‐sensing acoustic telemetry transmitters. We found that within‐individual variation at the among‐dates‐within‐seasons and among‐seasons scale, explained the dominant proportion of phenotypic variation. However, individuals also repeatedly differed in their expression of migration behaviour over the 2 year study duration. These results reveal that diel migration variation occurs primarily due to short‐term within‐individual flexibility in depth use and diel migration behaviour. However, repeatable individual differences also played a key role in mediating partial diel migration. These findings represent a significant advancement of our understanding of the mechanisms generating the important, yet poorly understood phenomena of partial diel migration. Moreover, given the pervasive occurrence of diel migrations across aquatic taxa, these findings indicate that individual differences have an important, yet previously unacknowledged role in structuring the temporal and vertical dynamics of aquatic ecosystems. |
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Partial diel migration: A facultative migration underpinned by long‐term inter‐individual variation |
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Partial diel migration: A facultative migration underpinned by long‐term inter‐individual variation |
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