Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird
International audience Aggressive behaviour associated with the defence of a territory is thought to impose substantial energy costs and thus to represent a trade-off with other energy-demanding activities. The energy costs of aggressive behaviours, however, have rarely been estimated in the wild, a...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00590523v1 2024-02-11T10:05:32+01:00 Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird Viera, Vanessa A. Viblanc, Vincent Filippi-Codaccioni, Ondine D. Côté, Steeve Groscolas, René Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Département de Biologie Université Laval Québec (ULaval)-Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon IPEV;NSERC 2011 https://hal.science/hal-00590523 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.001 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier Masson info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.001 hal-00590523 https://hal.science/hal-00590523 doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.001 ISSN: 0003-3472 EISSN: 1095-8282 Animal Behaviour https://hal.science/hal-00590523 Animal Behaviour, 2011, 82, pp.69-76. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.001⟩ activity budget aggressive behaviour Aptenodytes patagonicus breeding daily energy expenditure king penguin [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2011 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.001 2024-01-27T23:46:33Z International audience Aggressive behaviour associated with the defence of a territory is thought to impose substantial energy costs and thus to represent a trade-off with other energy-demanding activities. The energy costs of aggressive behaviours, however, have rarely been estimated in the wild, and the overall contribution of territorial defence to daily energy expenditure has never been determined. We studied the activity budget of breeding king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, equipped with heart rate data loggers to estimate the energy costs associated with territory defence in this colonial bird exhibiting very high rates of agonistic interactions. We also assessed whether threat displays imposed lower energy costs than attacks with body contact. During territorial defence (i.e. threats and physical attacks combined), energy expenditure averaged 1.27 times resting metabolic rate. Defence accounted for 13% of the daily time budget and contributed to 2.7% of the total daily energy expenditure. Interactions with body contact cost three times more than threat displays, but accounted for only 16% of the aggressive behaviours recorded. Neither did body mass, body size, penguin sex or breeding stage affect the cost of aggressiveness. Our results are consistent with previous research reporting that fighting imposes significant metabolic costs. However, we found that aggressive behaviour in king penguins was not an expensive activity compared to the total energy budget. Because king penguins go without food and are sleep deprived while breeding, they may have developed behavioural strategies (e.g. lower rates of attacks with body contact) allowing them to defend their territory efficiently at a low energy cost Article in Journal/Newspaper King Penguins Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Animal Behaviour 82 1 69 76 |
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activity budget aggressive behaviour Aptenodytes patagonicus breeding daily energy expenditure king penguin [SDE]Environmental Sciences Viera, Vanessa A. Viblanc, Vincent Filippi-Codaccioni, Ondine D. Côté, Steeve Groscolas, René Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird |
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International audience Aggressive behaviour associated with the defence of a territory is thought to impose substantial energy costs and thus to represent a trade-off with other energy-demanding activities. The energy costs of aggressive behaviours, however, have rarely been estimated in the wild, and the overall contribution of territorial defence to daily energy expenditure has never been determined. We studied the activity budget of breeding king penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus, equipped with heart rate data loggers to estimate the energy costs associated with territory defence in this colonial bird exhibiting very high rates of agonistic interactions. We also assessed whether threat displays imposed lower energy costs than attacks with body contact. During territorial defence (i.e. threats and physical attacks combined), energy expenditure averaged 1.27 times resting metabolic rate. Defence accounted for 13% of the daily time budget and contributed to 2.7% of the total daily energy expenditure. Interactions with body contact cost three times more than threat displays, but accounted for only 16% of the aggressive behaviours recorded. Neither did body mass, body size, penguin sex or breeding stage affect the cost of aggressiveness. Our results are consistent with previous research reporting that fighting imposes significant metabolic costs. However, we found that aggressive behaviour in king penguins was not an expensive activity compared to the total energy budget. Because king penguins go without food and are sleep deprived while breeding, they may have developed behavioural strategies (e.g. lower rates of attacks with body contact) allowing them to defend their territory efficiently at a low energy cost |
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Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Département de Biologie Université Laval Québec (ULaval)-Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon IPEV;NSERC |
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Viera, Vanessa A. Viblanc, Vincent Filippi-Codaccioni, Ondine D. Côté, Steeve Groscolas, René |
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Viera, Vanessa A. Viblanc, Vincent Filippi-Codaccioni, Ondine D. Côté, Steeve Groscolas, René |
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Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird |
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Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird |
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Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird |
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Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird |
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Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird |
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active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird |
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ISSN: 0003-3472 EISSN: 1095-8282 Animal Behaviour https://hal.science/hal-00590523 Animal Behaviour, 2011, 82, pp.69-76. ⟨10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.001⟩ |
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