Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behavior of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic
Funding: UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC Standard Grant NE/H007466/1). SB is currently funded by an ERC consolidator’s grant (310820: STATEMIG). EW is funded by the NERC (Independent Research Fellowship NE/M017990/1). Migration is a fundamental behavioral process prevalent among a wide...
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Individual variation Carry-over effects Geolocator (GLS) Stable isotope analysis (SIA) Animal migration QH301 Biology DAS QH301 Grecian, W. James Williams, Hannah J. Votier, Stephen C. Bearhop, Stuart Cleasby, Ian R. Grémillet, David Hamer, Keith C. Le Nuz, Mélanie Lescroël, Amélie Newton, Jason Patrick, Samantha C. Phillips, Richard A. Wakefield, Ewan D. Bodey, Thomas W. Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behavior of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic |
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Funding: UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC Standard Grant NE/H007466/1). SB is currently funded by an ERC consolidator’s grant (310820: STATEMIG). EW is funded by the NERC (Independent Research Fellowship NE/M017990/1). Migration is a fundamental behavioral process prevalent among a wide variety of animal taxa. As individuals are increasingly shown to present consistent responses to environmental cues for breeding or foraging, it may be expected that approaches to migration would present similar among-individual consistencies. Seabirds frequently show consistent individual differences in a range of traits related to foraging and space-use during both the breeding and non-breeding seasons, but the causes and consequences of this consistency are poorly understood. In this study, we combined analysis of geolocation and stable isotope data across multiple years to investigate individual variation in the non-breeding movements and diets of northern gannets Morus bassanus, and the consequences for changes in body condition. We found that individuals were highly repeatable in their non-breeding destination over consecutive years even though the population-level non-breeding distribution spanned >35° of latitude. Isotopic signatures were also strongly repeatable, with individuals assigned to one of two dietary clusters defined by their distinct trophic (δ15N) and spatial (δ13C) position. The only non-breeding destination in which the two dietary clusters co-occurred was off the coast of northwest Africa. The majority of individuals adopted a consistent foraging strategy, as they remained within the same dietary cluster across years, with little variation in body mass corrected for size among these consistent individuals. In contrast, the few individuals that switched clusters between years were in better condition relative to the rest of the population, suggesting there may be benefits to flexibility during the non-breeding period. Our results indicate that a consistent migratory strategy can be ... |
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Grecian, W. James Williams, Hannah J. Votier, Stephen C. Bearhop, Stuart Cleasby, Ian R. Grémillet, David Hamer, Keith C. Le Nuz, Mélanie Lescroël, Amélie Newton, Jason Patrick, Samantha C. Phillips, Richard A. Wakefield, Ewan D. Bodey, Thomas W. |
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Grecian, W. James Williams, Hannah J. Votier, Stephen C. Bearhop, Stuart Cleasby, Ian R. Grémillet, David Hamer, Keith C. Le Nuz, Mélanie Lescroël, Amélie Newton, Jason Patrick, Samantha C. Phillips, Richard A. Wakefield, Ewan D. Bodey, Thomas W. |
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Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behavior of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic |
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Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behavior of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic |
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Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behavior of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic |
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Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behavior of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic |
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ftstandrewserep:oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/17888 2023-07-02T03:33:12+02:00 Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behavior of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic Grecian, W. James Williams, Hannah J. Votier, Stephen C. Bearhop, Stuart Cleasby, Ian R. Grémillet, David Hamer, Keith C. Le Nuz, Mélanie Lescroël, Amélie Newton, Jason Patrick, Samantha C. Phillips, Richard A. Wakefield, Ewan D. Bodey, Thomas W. University of St Andrews. School of Biology University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit 2019-06-14T08:30:04Z 11 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17888 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00214 eng eng Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Grecian , W J , Williams , H J , Votier , S C , Bearhop , S , Cleasby , I R , Grémillet , D , Hamer , K C , Le Nuz , M , Lescroël , A , Newton , J , Patrick , S C , Phillips , R A , Wakefield , E D & Bodey , T W 2019 , ' Individual spatial consistency and dietary flexibility in the migratory behavior of northern gannets wintering in the Northeast Atlantic ' , Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , vol. 7 , 214 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00214 2296-701X PURE: 259325269 PURE UUID: 790b827b-128a-4e83-b29d-8554e8589535 crossref: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00214 ORCID: /0000-0002-6428-719X/work/58531639 WOS: 000471707800001 Scopus: 85068576469 http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17888 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00214 © 2019 Grecian, Williams, Votier, Bearhop, Cleasby, Grémillet, Hamer, Le Nuz, Lescroël, Newton, Patrick, Phillips, Wakefield and Bodey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. Individual variation Carry-over effects Geolocator (GLS) Stable isotope analysis (SIA) Animal migration QH301 Biology DAS QH301 Journal article 2019 ftstandrewserep https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00214 2023-06-13T18:29:46Z Funding: UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC Standard Grant NE/H007466/1). SB is currently funded by an ERC consolidator’s grant (310820: STATEMIG). EW is funded by the NERC (Independent Research Fellowship NE/M017990/1). Migration is a fundamental behavioral process prevalent among a wide variety of animal taxa. As individuals are increasingly shown to present consistent responses to environmental cues for breeding or foraging, it may be expected that approaches to migration would present similar among-individual consistencies. Seabirds frequently show consistent individual differences in a range of traits related to foraging and space-use during both the breeding and non-breeding seasons, but the causes and consequences of this consistency are poorly understood. In this study, we combined analysis of geolocation and stable isotope data across multiple years to investigate individual variation in the non-breeding movements and diets of northern gannets Morus bassanus, and the consequences for changes in body condition. We found that individuals were highly repeatable in their non-breeding destination over consecutive years even though the population-level non-breeding distribution spanned >35° of latitude. Isotopic signatures were also strongly repeatable, with individuals assigned to one of two dietary clusters defined by their distinct trophic (δ15N) and spatial (δ13C) position. The only non-breeding destination in which the two dietary clusters co-occurred was off the coast of northwest Africa. The majority of individuals adopted a consistent foraging strategy, as they remained within the same dietary cluster across years, with little variation in body mass corrected for size among these consistent individuals. In contrast, the few individuals that switched clusters between years were in better condition relative to the rest of the population, suggesting there may be benefits to flexibility during the non-breeding period. Our results indicate that a consistent migratory strategy can be ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7 |