What´s for dinner mom? Selective provisioning in southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Breeding seabirds must balance self-care and reproduction, especially once offspring have hatched and have to be fed regularly. Seabirds may selectively provision chicks with higher quality food than they consume themselves. In contrast, adults may prioritize their survival rather than their progeny...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/119344 2023-10-09T21:47:20+02:00 What´s for dinner mom? Selective provisioning in southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) Rosciano, Natalia Gimena Polito, Michael J. Raya Rey, Andrea Nélida application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/119344 eng eng Springer info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s00300-019-02538-9 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00300-019-02538-9 http://hdl.handle.net/11336/119344 Rosciano, Natalia Gimena; Polito, Michael J.; Raya Rey, Andrea Nélida; What´s for dinner mom? Selective provisioning in southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome); Springer; Polar Biology; 42; 8; 8-2019; 1529-1535 0722-4060 CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ EUDYPTESCHRYSOCOME ISLA DE LOS ESTADOS PARENTAL PROVISIONING STABLE ISOTOPES https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02538-9 2023-09-24T20:17:41Z Breeding seabirds must balance self-care and reproduction, especially once offspring have hatched and have to be fed regularly. Seabirds may selectively provision chicks with higher quality food than they consume themselves. In contrast, adults may prioritize their survival rather than their progeny by feeding chicks with lower quality prey items than they feed themselves. We examined the parental provisioning strategies of southern rockhopper penguins at Isla de los Estados in 2012 using nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C) stable isotope analysis to determine if selective provisioning and foraging habitat differences exist between parents and their offspring. We found that chicks had higher δ15N values compared to both male and female penguins, and female had slightly higher δ15N values compared to male penguins. There was also a strong positive relationship in δ15N values between female penguins and their offspring, indicating that chicks? diet resembles the female parent more than the male parent. Our results support the hypothesis of selective provisioning of chicks with higher trophic level (i.e., δ15N value) prey and the observation that females exclusively feed chicks during the guard stage. We did not find differences in δ13C values between adult and chicks suggesting no differences in the areas or habitats used to forage for self-provisioning and chick-provisioning. These findings likely have broader significance as provisioning rates and quality of food consumed by chicks is often strongly related to chick growth and survival. Fil: Rosciano, Natalia Gimena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina Fil: Polito, Michael J. Louisiana Tech University; Estados Unidos Fil: Raya Rey, Andrea Nélida. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur. Instituto de Ciencias Polares, ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antártida Polar Biology Tierra del Fuego CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Austral Argentina Nélida ENVELOPE(-57.167,-57.167,-63.367,-63.367) Polar Biology 42 8 1529 1535 |
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Breeding seabirds must balance self-care and reproduction, especially once offspring have hatched and have to be fed regularly. Seabirds may selectively provision chicks with higher quality food than they consume themselves. In contrast, adults may prioritize their survival rather than their progeny by feeding chicks with lower quality prey items than they feed themselves. We examined the parental provisioning strategies of southern rockhopper penguins at Isla de los Estados in 2012 using nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C) stable isotope analysis to determine if selective provisioning and foraging habitat differences exist between parents and their offspring. We found that chicks had higher δ15N values compared to both male and female penguins, and female had slightly higher δ15N values compared to male penguins. There was also a strong positive relationship in δ15N values between female penguins and their offspring, indicating that chicks? diet resembles the female parent more than the male parent. Our results support the hypothesis of selective provisioning of chicks with higher trophic level (i.e., δ15N value) prey and the observation that females exclusively feed chicks during the guard stage. We did not find differences in δ13C values between adult and chicks suggesting no differences in the areas or habitats used to forage for self-provisioning and chick-provisioning. These findings likely have broader significance as provisioning rates and quality of food consumed by chicks is often strongly related to chick growth and survival. Fil: Rosciano, Natalia Gimena. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina Fil: Polito, Michael J. Louisiana Tech University; Estados Unidos Fil: Raya Rey, Andrea Nélida. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur. Instituto de Ciencias Polares, ... |
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What´s for dinner mom? Selective provisioning in southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) |
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What´s for dinner mom? Selective provisioning in southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) |
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