Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird
Abstract Longitudinal tracking studies have revealed consistent differences in the migration patterns of individuals from the same populations. The sources or processes causing this individual variation are largely unresolved. As a result, it is mostly unknown how much, how fast and when animals can...
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crwiley:10.1111/1365-2656.13641 2024-09-15T18:41:37+00:00 Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird Verhoeven, Mo A. Loonstra, A. H. Jelle McBride, Alice D. Kaspersma, Wiebe Hooijmeijer, Jos C. E. W. Both, Christiaan Senner, Nathan R. Piersma, Theunis Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Journal of Animal Ecology volume 91, issue 3, page 566-579 ISSN 0021-8790 1365-2656 journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 2024-09-05T05:04:08Z Abstract Longitudinal tracking studies have revealed consistent differences in the migration patterns of individuals from the same populations. The sources or processes causing this individual variation are largely unresolved. As a result, it is mostly unknown how much, how fast and when animals can adjust their migrations to changing environments. We studied the ontogeny of migration in a long‐distance migratory shorebird, the black‐tailed godwit Limosa limosa limosa , a species known to exhibit marked individuality in the migratory routines of adults. By observing how and when these individual differences arise, we aimed to elucidate whether individual differences in migratory behaviour are inherited or emerge as a result of developmental plasticity. We simultaneously tracked juvenile and adult godwits from the same breeding area on their south‐ and northward migrations. To determine how and when individual differences begin to arise, we related juvenile migration routes, timing and mortality rates to hatch date and hatch year. Then, we compared adult and juvenile migration patterns to identify potential age‐dependent differences. In juveniles, the timing of their first southward departure was related to hatch date. However, their subsequent migration routes, orientation, destination, migratory duration and likelihood of mortality were unrelated to the year or timing of migration, or their sex. Juveniles left the Netherlands after all tracked adults. They then flew non‐stop to West Africa more often and incurred higher mortality rates than adults. Some juveniles also took routes and visited stopover sites far outside the well‐documented adult migratory corridor. Such juveniles, however, were not more likely to die. We found that juveniles exhibited different migratory patterns than adults, but no evidence that these behaviours are under natural selection. We thus eliminate the possibility that the individual differences observed among adult godwits are present at hatch or during their first migration. This ... Article in Journal/Newspaper black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa Wiley Online Library Journal of Animal Ecology 91 3 566 579 |
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Abstract Longitudinal tracking studies have revealed consistent differences in the migration patterns of individuals from the same populations. The sources or processes causing this individual variation are largely unresolved. As a result, it is mostly unknown how much, how fast and when animals can adjust their migrations to changing environments. We studied the ontogeny of migration in a long‐distance migratory shorebird, the black‐tailed godwit Limosa limosa limosa , a species known to exhibit marked individuality in the migratory routines of adults. By observing how and when these individual differences arise, we aimed to elucidate whether individual differences in migratory behaviour are inherited or emerge as a result of developmental plasticity. We simultaneously tracked juvenile and adult godwits from the same breeding area on their south‐ and northward migrations. To determine how and when individual differences begin to arise, we related juvenile migration routes, timing and mortality rates to hatch date and hatch year. Then, we compared adult and juvenile migration patterns to identify potential age‐dependent differences. In juveniles, the timing of their first southward departure was related to hatch date. However, their subsequent migration routes, orientation, destination, migratory duration and likelihood of mortality were unrelated to the year or timing of migration, or their sex. Juveniles left the Netherlands after all tracked adults. They then flew non‐stop to West Africa more often and incurred higher mortality rates than adults. Some juveniles also took routes and visited stopover sites far outside the well‐documented adult migratory corridor. Such juveniles, however, were not more likely to die. We found that juveniles exhibited different migratory patterns than adults, but no evidence that these behaviours are under natural selection. We thus eliminate the possibility that the individual differences observed among adult godwits are present at hatch or during their first migration. This ... |
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Verhoeven, Mo A. Loonstra, A. H. Jelle McBride, Alice D. Kaspersma, Wiebe Hooijmeijer, Jos C. E. W. Both, Christiaan Senner, Nathan R. Piersma, Theunis |
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Verhoeven, Mo A. Loonstra, A. H. Jelle McBride, Alice D. Kaspersma, Wiebe Hooijmeijer, Jos C. E. W. Both, Christiaan Senner, Nathan R. Piersma, Theunis Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird |
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Verhoeven, Mo A. Loonstra, A. H. Jelle McBride, Alice D. Kaspersma, Wiebe Hooijmeijer, Jos C. E. W. Both, Christiaan Senner, Nathan R. Piersma, Theunis |
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Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird |
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Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird |
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Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird |
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Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird |
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Age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird |
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age‐dependent timing and routes demonstrate developmental plasticity in a long‐distance migratory bird |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13641 |
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