Fungi, feather damage, and risk of predation
International audience Predation is a powerful selective force with important effects on behavior, morphology , life history, and evolution of prey. Parasites may change body condition, health status, and ability to escape from or defend prey against predators. Once a prey individual has been detect...
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ftuniparissaclay:oai:HAL:hal-02390266v1 2024-09-15T17:34:36+00:00 Fungi, feather damage, and risk of predation Al Rubaiee, Zaid Al Murayati, Haider Nielsen, Jan Tøttrup Møller, Anders Pape Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2017-12 https://hal.science/hal-02390266 https://hal.science/hal-02390266/document https://hal.science/hal-02390266/file/Al%20Rubaiee%20et%20al%20EE%202017.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3582 en eng HAL CCSD Wiley Open Access info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/ece3.3582 hal-02390266 https://hal.science/hal-02390266 https://hal.science/hal-02390266/document https://hal.science/hal-02390266/file/Al%20Rubaiee%20et%20al%20EE%202017.pdf doi:10.1002/ece3.3582 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess EISSN: 2045-7758 Ecology and Evolution https://hal.science/hal-02390266 Ecology and Evolution, 2017, 7 (24), pp.10797-10803. ⟨10.1002/ece3.3582⟩ bacteria fungi goshawk microorganisms molted feathers prey [SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2017 ftuniparissaclay https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3582 2024-06-27T23:33:04Z International audience Predation is a powerful selective force with important effects on behavior, morphology , life history, and evolution of prey. Parasites may change body condition, health status, and ability to escape from or defend prey against predators. Once a prey individual has been detected, it can rely on a diversity of means of escape from the pursuit by the predator. Here we tested whether prey of a common raptor differed in terms of fungi from nonprey recorded at the same sites using the goshawk Accipiter gentilis and its avian prey as a model system. We found a positive association between the probability of falling prey to the raptor and the presence and the abundance of fungi. Birds with a specific composition of the community of fungi had higher probability of falling prey to a goshawk than individual hosts with fewer fungi. These findings imply that fungi may play a significant role in predator-prey interactions. The probability of having damaged feathers increased with the number of fungal colonies, and in particular the abundance of Myceliophthora verrucos and Schizophyllum sp. was positively related to the probability of having damaged feathers. In addition, we found a significant correlation between the rate of feather growth of goshawk prey with birds with more fungi being more likely to be depredated. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that survival and feather quality of birds are related to abundance and diversity of fungi. Article in Journal/Newspaper Accipiter gentilis Archives ouvertes de Paris-Saclay Ecology and Evolution 7 24 10797 10803 |
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bacteria fungi goshawk microorganisms molted feathers prey [SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE] Al Rubaiee, Zaid Al Murayati, Haider Nielsen, Jan Tøttrup Møller, Anders Pape Fungi, feather damage, and risk of predation |
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International audience Predation is a powerful selective force with important effects on behavior, morphology , life history, and evolution of prey. Parasites may change body condition, health status, and ability to escape from or defend prey against predators. Once a prey individual has been detected, it can rely on a diversity of means of escape from the pursuit by the predator. Here we tested whether prey of a common raptor differed in terms of fungi from nonprey recorded at the same sites using the goshawk Accipiter gentilis and its avian prey as a model system. We found a positive association between the probability of falling prey to the raptor and the presence and the abundance of fungi. Birds with a specific composition of the community of fungi had higher probability of falling prey to a goshawk than individual hosts with fewer fungi. These findings imply that fungi may play a significant role in predator-prey interactions. The probability of having damaged feathers increased with the number of fungal colonies, and in particular the abundance of Myceliophthora verrucos and Schizophyllum sp. was positively related to the probability of having damaged feathers. In addition, we found a significant correlation between the rate of feather growth of goshawk prey with birds with more fungi being more likely to be depredated. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that survival and feather quality of birds are related to abundance and diversity of fungi. |
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Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Fungi, feather damage, and risk of predation |
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EISSN: 2045-7758 Ecology and Evolution https://hal.science/hal-02390266 Ecology and Evolution, 2017, 7 (24), pp.10797-10803. ⟨10.1002/ece3.3582⟩ |
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