Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity
In seasonal environments, organisms are expected to optimally schedule reproduction within an annual range of environmental conditions. Latitudinal gradients generate a range of seasonality to which we can expect adaptations to have evolved, and can be used to explore drivers of timing strategies ac...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2391727 2023-05-15T14:52:33+02:00 Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity Burr, Zofia M. Varpe, Øystein Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Erikstad, Kjell E Descamps, Sébastien Barrett, Robert T Bech, Claus Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon Moe, Børge Reiertsen, Tone Kristin Strøm, Hallvard 2016 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2391727 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283 eng eng Ecosphere 2016, 7(5) urn:issn:2150-8925 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2391727 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283 cristin:1359716 Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 3.0 Norge http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/no/ CC-BY-NC-SA 7 Ecosphere 5 Arctic Fratercula arctica hatching timing Rissa tridactyla seasonality spatial phenology Uria aalge Uria lomvia inter-annual variability Peer reviewed 2016 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283 2021-12-23T07:16:40Z In seasonal environments, organisms are expected to optimally schedule reproduction within an annual range of environmental conditions. Latitudinal gradients generate a range of seasonality to which we can expect adaptations to have evolved, and can be used to explore drivers of timing strategies across species’ distribution ranges. This study compares the timing of egg hatching in four seabird species (Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica, black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, common guillemot Uria aalge, and Brünnich’s guillemot U. lomvia) covering a subarctic to Arctic latitudinal gradient along the Norwegian coast to Svalbard (65–79°N). Hatching was significantly delayed by an estimated 1.7, 2.3, and 1.9 d per latitudinal degree for puffins, kittiwakes, and common guillemots, respectively, but was not delayed for Brünnich’s guillemots. Hatching distributions revealed an increase in intra-annual breeding synchronicity along a latitudinal gradient for kittiwakes only, whereas the two guillemots exhibited high hatching synchronicity at all colonies. We used this large-scale, multispecies timing data series to discuss constraints, adaptations, and mechanisms affecting breeding timing, a necessary step to recognize risks to populations and predict future ecosystem change. Arctic; Fratercula arctica; hatching timing; inter-annual variability; Rissa tridactyla; seasonality; spatial phenology; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia. Received Text Arctic Atlantic puffin Black-legged Kittiwake common guillemot fratercula Fratercula arctica rissa tridactyla Subarctic Svalbard Uria aalge Uria lomvia uria Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Arctic Svalbard Ecosphere 7 5 |
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Arctic Fratercula arctica hatching timing Rissa tridactyla seasonality spatial phenology Uria aalge Uria lomvia inter-annual variability Burr, Zofia M. Varpe, Øystein Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Erikstad, Kjell E Descamps, Sébastien Barrett, Robert T Bech, Claus Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon Moe, Børge Reiertsen, Tone Kristin Strøm, Hallvard Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity |
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In seasonal environments, organisms are expected to optimally schedule reproduction within an annual range of environmental conditions. Latitudinal gradients generate a range of seasonality to which we can expect adaptations to have evolved, and can be used to explore drivers of timing strategies across species’ distribution ranges. This study compares the timing of egg hatching in four seabird species (Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica, black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla, common guillemot Uria aalge, and Brünnich’s guillemot U. lomvia) covering a subarctic to Arctic latitudinal gradient along the Norwegian coast to Svalbard (65–79°N). Hatching was significantly delayed by an estimated 1.7, 2.3, and 1.9 d per latitudinal degree for puffins, kittiwakes, and common guillemots, respectively, but was not delayed for Brünnich’s guillemots. Hatching distributions revealed an increase in intra-annual breeding synchronicity along a latitudinal gradient for kittiwakes only, whereas the two guillemots exhibited high hatching synchronicity at all colonies. We used this large-scale, multispecies timing data series to discuss constraints, adaptations, and mechanisms affecting breeding timing, a necessary step to recognize risks to populations and predict future ecosystem change. Arctic; Fratercula arctica; hatching timing; inter-annual variability; Rissa tridactyla; seasonality; spatial phenology; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia. Received |
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Burr, Zofia M. Varpe, Øystein Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Erikstad, Kjell E Descamps, Sébastien Barrett, Robert T Bech, Claus Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon Moe, Børge Reiertsen, Tone Kristin Strøm, Hallvard |
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Burr, Zofia M. Varpe, Øystein Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Erikstad, Kjell E Descamps, Sébastien Barrett, Robert T Bech, Claus Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe Lorentsen, Svein-Håkon Moe, Børge Reiertsen, Tone Kristin Strøm, Hallvard |
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Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity |
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Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity |
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Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity |
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Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity |
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Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity |
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later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity |
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