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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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2392583 2023-05-15T15:07:24+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 2016-06-06T08:15:58Z http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2392583 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283 eng eng Ecological Society of America Ecosphere 2016, 7(5) urn:issn:2150-8925 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2392583 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283 cristin:1359716 Navngivelse 3.0 Norge http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/no/ CC-BY 7 Ecosphere 5 Journal article Peer reviewed 2016 ftntnutrondheimi https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283 2019-09-17T06:51:36Z 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. Copyright: © 2016 Burr et al. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Atlantic puffin Black-legged Kittiwake brünnich's guillemot common guillemot fratercula Fratercula arctica rissa tridactyla Subarctic Svalbard Uria aalge uria NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Arctic Svalbard Ecosphere 7 5 |
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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. Copyright: © 2016 Burr et al. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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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 Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity |
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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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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2392583 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1283 |
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Arctic Atlantic puffin Black-legged Kittiwake brünnich's guillemot common guillemot fratercula Fratercula arctica rissa tridactyla Subarctic Svalbard Uria aalge uria |
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