Cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird
International audience Migration is an important event in the life cycle of many organisms, but considerable intraspecific variation may occur in its timing and/or destination, resulting in sexual segregation during wintering periods. In this study, we tested the body size hypothesis, or cold tolera...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-01297332v1 2023-05-15T16:08:36+02:00 Cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird Powolny, Thibaut Bretagnolle, Vincent, Dupoué, Andréaz Lourdais, Olivier Eraud, Cyril Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (CNERA-Avifaune Migratrice) Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage Oiseaux Migrateurs du Paléarctique Occidental Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) 2016 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01297332 https://doi.org/10.1086/685452 en eng HAL CCSD University of Chicago Press info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1086/685452 hal-01297332 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01297332 doi:10.1086/685452 ISSN: 1522-2152 EISSN: 1537-5293 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01297332 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, University of Chicago Press, 2016, 89 (2), pp.151-160. ⟨10.1086/685452⟩ cold tolerance differential migration hypothermia latitudinal gradient metabolic rates sexual segregation [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2016 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1086/685452 2021-11-07T04:21:48Z International audience Migration is an important event in the life cycle of many organisms, but considerable intraspecific variation may occur in its timing and/or destination, resulting in sexual segregation during wintering periods. In this study, we tested the body size hypothesis, or cold tolerance hypothesis, which predicts that body size dimorphism modulates metabolic costs associated with cold climate. Using the Eurasian skylark, we first investigated whether this species showed sexual differential migration. Then we explored the body size hypothesis by experimentally testing the effect of low ambient temperature (Ta) on both metabolic rate (MR) and body temperature (Tb). We tested for sex-related differences in metabolism and in energy-saving mechanism (hypothermia). We found clear differential migration by sex in skylark wintering populations, with a male-biased sex ratio decreasing toward southern latitudes. Measurements on captive birds at 20°, 6°, and −5°C demonstrated a significant increase in MR when Ta decreased, but there is no difference between sexes. While both males and females reduced their Tb overnight, Tb reduction was more pronounced in females exposed to the coldest temperature treatment. In addition, we found that individuals with the most reduced Tb lost less body weight during the night, suggesting that Tb reduction may help minimize energy expenditure when conditions become constraining. Our study suggests that functional mechanisms may be involved in latitudinal segregation between sexes and supports the hypothesis that sex-specific physiological strategies and thermal tolerance may explain segregation between sexes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Eurasian Skylark Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 89 2 151 160 |
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cold tolerance differential migration hypothermia latitudinal gradient metabolic rates sexual segregation [SDE]Environmental Sciences Powolny, Thibaut Bretagnolle, Vincent, Dupoué, Andréaz Lourdais, Olivier Eraud, Cyril Cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird |
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International audience Migration is an important event in the life cycle of many organisms, but considerable intraspecific variation may occur in its timing and/or destination, resulting in sexual segregation during wintering periods. In this study, we tested the body size hypothesis, or cold tolerance hypothesis, which predicts that body size dimorphism modulates metabolic costs associated with cold climate. Using the Eurasian skylark, we first investigated whether this species showed sexual differential migration. Then we explored the body size hypothesis by experimentally testing the effect of low ambient temperature (Ta) on both metabolic rate (MR) and body temperature (Tb). We tested for sex-related differences in metabolism and in energy-saving mechanism (hypothermia). We found clear differential migration by sex in skylark wintering populations, with a male-biased sex ratio decreasing toward southern latitudes. Measurements on captive birds at 20°, 6°, and −5°C demonstrated a significant increase in MR when Ta decreased, but there is no difference between sexes. While both males and females reduced their Tb overnight, Tb reduction was more pronounced in females exposed to the coldest temperature treatment. In addition, we found that individuals with the most reduced Tb lost less body weight during the night, suggesting that Tb reduction may help minimize energy expenditure when conditions become constraining. Our study suggests that functional mechanisms may be involved in latitudinal segregation between sexes and supports the hypothesis that sex-specific physiological strategies and thermal tolerance may explain segregation between sexes. |
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Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (CNERA-Avifaune Migratrice) Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage Oiseaux Migrateurs du Paléarctique Occidental Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) |
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Powolny, Thibaut Bretagnolle, Vincent, Dupoué, Andréaz Lourdais, Olivier Eraud, Cyril |
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Powolny, Thibaut Bretagnolle, Vincent, Dupoué, Andréaz Lourdais, Olivier Eraud, Cyril |
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Cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird |
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Cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird |
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Cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird |
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Cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird |
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Cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird |
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cold tolerance and sex-dependent hypothermia may explain winter sexual segregation in a farmland bird |
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ISSN: 1522-2152 EISSN: 1537-5293 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01297332 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, University of Chicago Press, 2016, 89 (2), pp.151-160. ⟨10.1086/685452⟩ |
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