Red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes
International audience Carotenoid-based ornaments are common signaling features in animals. Although the mechanisms that link color-based signals to individual condition is key to understanding the evolution and function of these ornaments, they are most often poorly known. Several hypotheses have b...
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Ketocarotenoid Astaxanthin Zeaxanthin Bare part Gull [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition Leclaire, Sarah Bourret, Vincent Pineaux, Maxime Blanchard, Pierrick Danchin, Etienne Hatch, Scott A. Red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes |
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International audience Carotenoid-based ornaments are common signaling features in animals. Although the mechanisms that link color-based signals to individual condition is key to understanding the evolution and function of these ornaments, they are most often poorly known. Several hypotheses have been posited. They include: (i) the role of foraging abilities on carotenoid acquisition and thereby carotenoid-based ornaments, and (ii) the role of internal processes linked to individual quality on the allocation and conversion of carotenoids in integuments. Here, we tested the influence of dietary carotenoid access versus internal process on gape coloration in black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). This seabird displays a vibrant red gape, whose coloration varies with individual quality in males and is due to the deposition of red ketocarotenoids, such as astaxanthin. We decreased hydroxycarotenoid and ketocarotenoid levels in plasma, but increased efficiency in internal processes linked to nutritional condition, by supplementing breeding males with capelin, a natural energy-rich fish prey. We found that, despite having lower carotenoid levels in plasma, supplemented birds developed redder coloration than control birds, but only in the year when dietary levels of astaxanthin in the natural diet were low. In contrast, in the astaxanthin-rich year, supplemented males had a less-red gape than unsupplemented birds. These results suggest that inter-individual differences in internal processes may be sufficient to maintain the honesty of gape coloration under conditions of low dietary astaxanthin levels. Nonetheless, when inter-individual variations in dietary astaxanthin levels are elevated (such as in the crustacean-rich year), carotenoid access seems a more limiting factor to the expression of gape coloration than internal processes. Therefore, our study revealed a complex mechanism of gape color production in kittiwakes, and suggests that the main factor maintaining the condition dependency of this ornaments ... |
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Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris (iEES) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut for Searbird Research and Conservation |
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Leclaire, Sarah Bourret, Vincent Pineaux, Maxime Blanchard, Pierrick Danchin, Etienne Hatch, Scott A. |
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Red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes |
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Red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes |
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Red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes |
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Red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes |
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Red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes |
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red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes |
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ftunimontpellier:oai:HAL:hal-02347216v1 2024-05-19T07:47:50+00:00 Red coloration varies with dietary carotenoid access and nutritional condition in kittiwakes Leclaire, Sarah Bourret, Vincent Pineaux, Maxime Blanchard, Pierrick Danchin, Etienne Hatch, Scott A. Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris (iEES) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro) Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3) Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut for Searbird Research and Conservation 2019 https://hal.science/hal-02347216 https://hal.science/hal-02347216/document https://hal.science/hal-02347216/file/jeb210237.pdf https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.210237 en eng HAL CCSD The Company of Biologists info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1242/jeb.210237 hal-02347216 https://hal.science/hal-02347216 https://hal.science/hal-02347216/document https://hal.science/hal-02347216/file/jeb210237.pdf doi:10.1242/jeb.210237 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0022-0949 EISSN: 1477-9145 Journal of Experimental Biology https://hal.science/hal-02347216 Journal of Experimental Biology, 2019, 222 (21), pp.jeb.210237. ⟨10.1242/jeb.210237⟩ Ketocarotenoid Astaxanthin Zeaxanthin Bare part Gull [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology [SDV.AEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Food and Nutrition info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2019 ftunimontpellier https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.210237 2024-04-24T01:03:49Z International audience Carotenoid-based ornaments are common signaling features in animals. Although the mechanisms that link color-based signals to individual condition is key to understanding the evolution and function of these ornaments, they are most often poorly known. Several hypotheses have been posited. They include: (i) the role of foraging abilities on carotenoid acquisition and thereby carotenoid-based ornaments, and (ii) the role of internal processes linked to individual quality on the allocation and conversion of carotenoids in integuments. Here, we tested the influence of dietary carotenoid access versus internal process on gape coloration in black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla). This seabird displays a vibrant red gape, whose coloration varies with individual quality in males and is due to the deposition of red ketocarotenoids, such as astaxanthin. We decreased hydroxycarotenoid and ketocarotenoid levels in plasma, but increased efficiency in internal processes linked to nutritional condition, by supplementing breeding males with capelin, a natural energy-rich fish prey. We found that, despite having lower carotenoid levels in plasma, supplemented birds developed redder coloration than control birds, but only in the year when dietary levels of astaxanthin in the natural diet were low. In contrast, in the astaxanthin-rich year, supplemented males had a less-red gape than unsupplemented birds. These results suggest that inter-individual differences in internal processes may be sufficient to maintain the honesty of gape coloration under conditions of low dietary astaxanthin levels. Nonetheless, when inter-individual variations in dietary astaxanthin levels are elevated (such as in the crustacean-rich year), carotenoid access seems a more limiting factor to the expression of gape coloration than internal processes. Therefore, our study revealed a complex mechanism of gape color production in kittiwakes, and suggests that the main factor maintaining the condition dependency of this ornaments ... Article in Journal/Newspaper rissa tridactyla Université de Montpellier: HAL Journal of Experimental Biology |