Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance
Climate change may influence the phenology of organisms unequally across trophic levels and thus lead to phenological mismatches between predators and prey. In cases where prey availability peaks before reproducing predators reach maximal prey demand, any negative fitness consequences would selectiv...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/435c47f0-0c98-45dd-9b25-b0729e34f04a 2024-06-23T07:48:38+00:00 Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance Reneerkens, Jeroen Schmidt, Niels Martin Gilg, Olivier Hansen, Jannik Hansen, Lars Holst Moreau, Jerome Piersma, Theunis 2016-10 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/435c47f0-0c98-45dd-9b25-b0729e34f04a https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/435c47f0-0c98-45dd-9b25-b0729e34f04a https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2361 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/37679737/Reneerkens_et_al_2016_Effects_of_food_abundance_and_early_clutch_predation_on_reproductive_timing_in_a_high_Arctic_shorebird_exposed_to_advancements_in_arthropod_abundance_Ecology_and_Evolution.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/435c47f0-0c98-45dd-9b25-b0729e34f04a info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Reneerkens , J , Schmidt , N M , Gilg , O , Hansen , J , Hansen , L H , Moreau , J & Piersma , T 2016 , ' Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance ' , Ecology and Evolution , vol. 6 , no. 20 , pp. 7375-7386 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2361 Bird migration Calidris alba chick growth climate change nest survival phenology timing trophic interactions trophic mismatch CLIMATE-CHANGE MIGRATORY BIRDS NORTHEAST GREENLAND PHENOLOGICAL MISMATCHES INTERANNUAL VARIATION BREEDING PHENOLOGY CHANGING CLIMATE POPULATION-SIZE NEST PREDATION SNOW-COVER article 2016 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2361 2024-06-10T16:25:50Z Climate change may influence the phenology of organisms unequally across trophic levels and thus lead to phenological mismatches between predators and prey. In cases where prey availability peaks before reproducing predators reach maximal prey demand, any negative fitness consequences would selectively favor resynchronization by earlier starts of the reproductive activities of the predators. At a study site in northeast Greenland, over a period of 17 years, the median emergence of the invertebrate prey of Sanderling Calidris alba advanced with 1.27 days per year. Yet, over the same period Sanderling did not advance hatching date. Thus, Sanderlings increasingly hatched after their prey was maximally abundant. Surprisingly, the phenological mismatches did not affect chick growth, but the interaction of the annual width and height of the peak in food abundance did. Chicks grew especially better in years when the food peak was broad. Sanderling clutches were most likely to be depredated early in the season, which should delay reproduction. We propose that high early clutch predation may favor a later reproductive timing. Additionally, our data suggest that in most years food was still abundant after the median date of emergence, which may explain why Sanderlings did not advance breeding along with the advances in arthropod phenology. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Calidris alba Climate change Greenland Sanderling University of Groningen research database Arctic Greenland Ecology and Evolution 6 20 7375 7386 |
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Bird migration Calidris alba chick growth climate change nest survival phenology timing trophic interactions trophic mismatch CLIMATE-CHANGE MIGRATORY BIRDS NORTHEAST GREENLAND PHENOLOGICAL MISMATCHES INTERANNUAL VARIATION BREEDING PHENOLOGY CHANGING CLIMATE POPULATION-SIZE NEST PREDATION SNOW-COVER |
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Bird migration Calidris alba chick growth climate change nest survival phenology timing trophic interactions trophic mismatch CLIMATE-CHANGE MIGRATORY BIRDS NORTHEAST GREENLAND PHENOLOGICAL MISMATCHES INTERANNUAL VARIATION BREEDING PHENOLOGY CHANGING CLIMATE POPULATION-SIZE NEST PREDATION SNOW-COVER Reneerkens, Jeroen Schmidt, Niels Martin Gilg, Olivier Hansen, Jannik Hansen, Lars Holst Moreau, Jerome Piersma, Theunis Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance |
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Bird migration Calidris alba chick growth climate change nest survival phenology timing trophic interactions trophic mismatch CLIMATE-CHANGE MIGRATORY BIRDS NORTHEAST GREENLAND PHENOLOGICAL MISMATCHES INTERANNUAL VARIATION BREEDING PHENOLOGY CHANGING CLIMATE POPULATION-SIZE NEST PREDATION SNOW-COVER |
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Climate change may influence the phenology of organisms unequally across trophic levels and thus lead to phenological mismatches between predators and prey. In cases where prey availability peaks before reproducing predators reach maximal prey demand, any negative fitness consequences would selectively favor resynchronization by earlier starts of the reproductive activities of the predators. At a study site in northeast Greenland, over a period of 17 years, the median emergence of the invertebrate prey of Sanderling Calidris alba advanced with 1.27 days per year. Yet, over the same period Sanderling did not advance hatching date. Thus, Sanderlings increasingly hatched after their prey was maximally abundant. Surprisingly, the phenological mismatches did not affect chick growth, but the interaction of the annual width and height of the peak in food abundance did. Chicks grew especially better in years when the food peak was broad. Sanderling clutches were most likely to be depredated early in the season, which should delay reproduction. We propose that high early clutch predation may favor a later reproductive timing. Additionally, our data suggest that in most years food was still abundant after the median date of emergence, which may explain why Sanderlings did not advance breeding along with the advances in arthropod phenology. |
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Reneerkens, Jeroen Schmidt, Niels Martin Gilg, Olivier Hansen, Jannik Hansen, Lars Holst Moreau, Jerome Piersma, Theunis |
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Reneerkens, Jeroen Schmidt, Niels Martin Gilg, Olivier Hansen, Jannik Hansen, Lars Holst Moreau, Jerome Piersma, Theunis |
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Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance |
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Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance |
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Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance |
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Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance |
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Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance |
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effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance |
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https://hdl.handle.net/11370/435c47f0-0c98-45dd-9b25-b0729e34f04a https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/435c47f0-0c98-45dd-9b25-b0729e34f04a https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2361 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/37679737/Reneerkens_et_al_2016_Effects_of_food_abundance_and_early_clutch_predation_on_reproductive_timing_in_a_high_Arctic_shorebird_exposed_to_advancements_in_arthropod_abundance_Ecology_and_Evolution.pdf |
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Reneerkens , J , Schmidt , N M , Gilg , O , Hansen , J , Hansen , L H , Moreau , J & Piersma , T 2016 , ' Effects of food abundance and early clutch predation on reproductive timing in a high Arctic shorebird exposed to advancements in arthropod abundance ' , Ecology and Evolution , vol. 6 , no. 20 , pp. 7375-7386 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2361 |
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