Data from: Effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and recruitment in a social carnivore
1. Breeder turnover can influence population growth in social carnivores through changes to group size, composition, and recruitment. 2. Studies that possess detailed group composition data that can provide insights about the effects of breeder turnover on groups have generally been conducted on spe...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::5d602b661eced88ea0cce9e0fd822840 2023-05-15T15:50:14+02:00 Data from: Effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and recruitment in a social carnivore Ausband, David E. Mitchell, Michael S. Waits, Lisette P. 2018-05-18 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vc6p9 en eng Dryad http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vc6p9 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vc6p9 lic_creative-commons 10.5061/dryad.vc6p9 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:97466 oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:97466 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 re3data_____::r3d100000044 social carnivore cooperative breeding Recruitment gray wolves helping breeder carnivore group size Canis lupus group Life sciences medicine and health care North America Idaho Yellowstone National Park Alberta psy eco Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2018 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vc6p9 2023-01-22T16:51:21Z 1. Breeder turnover can influence population growth in social carnivores through changes to group size, composition, and recruitment. 2. Studies that possess detailed group composition data that can provide insights about the effects of breeder turnover on groups have generally been conducted on species that are not subject to recurrent annual human harvest. We wanted to know how breeder turnover affects group composition and how harvest, in turn, affects breeder turnover in cooperatively breeding gray wolves (Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758). 3. We used noninvasive genetic sampling at wolf rendezvous sites to construct pedigrees and estimate recruitment in groups of wolves before and after harvest in Idaho, USA. 4. Turnover of breeding females increased polygamy and potential recruits per group by providing breeding opportunities for subordinates although resultant group size was unaffected one year after the turnover. Breeder turnover had no effect on the number of nonbreeding helpers per group. After breeding male turnover, fewer female pups were recruited in the new males’ litters. Harvest had no effect on the frequency of breeder turnover. 5. We found that breeder turnover led to shifts in the reproductive hierarchies within groups and the resulting changes to group composition were quite variable and depended on the sex of the breeder lost. We hypothesize that nonbreeding females direct help away from non-kin female pups to preserve future breeding opportunities for themselves. Breeder turnover had marked effects on the breeding opportunities of subordinates and the number and sex ratios of subsequent litters of pups. Seemingly subtle changes to groups, such as the loss of 1 individual, can greatly affect group composition, genetic content, and short-term population growth when the individual lost is a breeder. Idaho_only_pedigrees_2008_2015Pack composition data for groups analyzed in Ausband et al. JAE 2017S2_wolf_harvest_details_SUPPLEMENTData regarding timing of harvest for some individuals analyzed in ... Dataset Canis lupus Unknown |
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social carnivore cooperative breeding Recruitment gray wolves helping breeder carnivore group size Canis lupus group Life sciences medicine and health care North America Idaho Yellowstone National Park Alberta psy eco Ausband, David E. Mitchell, Michael S. Waits, Lisette P. Data from: Effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and recruitment in a social carnivore |
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1. Breeder turnover can influence population growth in social carnivores through changes to group size, composition, and recruitment. 2. Studies that possess detailed group composition data that can provide insights about the effects of breeder turnover on groups have generally been conducted on species that are not subject to recurrent annual human harvest. We wanted to know how breeder turnover affects group composition and how harvest, in turn, affects breeder turnover in cooperatively breeding gray wolves (Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758). 3. We used noninvasive genetic sampling at wolf rendezvous sites to construct pedigrees and estimate recruitment in groups of wolves before and after harvest in Idaho, USA. 4. Turnover of breeding females increased polygamy and potential recruits per group by providing breeding opportunities for subordinates although resultant group size was unaffected one year after the turnover. Breeder turnover had no effect on the number of nonbreeding helpers per group. After breeding male turnover, fewer female pups were recruited in the new males’ litters. Harvest had no effect on the frequency of breeder turnover. 5. We found that breeder turnover led to shifts in the reproductive hierarchies within groups and the resulting changes to group composition were quite variable and depended on the sex of the breeder lost. We hypothesize that nonbreeding females direct help away from non-kin female pups to preserve future breeding opportunities for themselves. Breeder turnover had marked effects on the breeding opportunities of subordinates and the number and sex ratios of subsequent litters of pups. Seemingly subtle changes to groups, such as the loss of 1 individual, can greatly affect group composition, genetic content, and short-term population growth when the individual lost is a breeder. Idaho_only_pedigrees_2008_2015Pack composition data for groups analyzed in Ausband et al. JAE 2017S2_wolf_harvest_details_SUPPLEMENTData regarding timing of harvest for some individuals analyzed in ... |
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Data from: Effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and recruitment in a social carnivore |
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Data from: Effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and recruitment in a social carnivore |
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Data from: Effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and recruitment in a social carnivore |
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Data from: Effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and recruitment in a social carnivore |
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data from: effects of breeder turnover and harvest on group composition and recruitment in a social carnivore |
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