Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese: The role of plasticity and day length
1. The postnatal growth period is a crucial life stage, with potential lifelong effects on an animal's fitness. How fast animals grow depends on their life-history strategy and rearing environment, and interspecific comparisons generally show higher growth rates at higher latitudes. However, to...
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ftunivamstpubl:oai:dare.uva.nl:openaire_cris_publications/1e2202bf-ca41-4474-812d-a17da81f227c 2024-10-06T13:46:12+00:00 Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese: The role of plasticity and day length Boom, M.P. van der Jeugd, H.P. Steffani, B. Nolet, B.A. Larsson, K. Eichhorn, G. 2022-02 application/pdf https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/postnatal-growth-rate-varies-with-latitude-in-rangeexpanding-geese-the-role-of-plasticity-and-day-length(1e2202bf-ca41-4474-812d-a17da81f227c).html https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13638 https://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/1e2202bf-ca41-4474-812d-a17da81f227c https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/74937078/Journal_of_Animal_Ecology_2021_Boom_Postnatal_growth_rate_varies_with_latitude_in_range_expanding_geese_The_role_of.pdf eng eng https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/postnatal-growth-rate-varies-with-latitude-in-rangeexpanding-geese-the-role-of-plasticity-and-day-length(1e2202bf-ca41-4474-812d-a17da81f227c).html info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Boom , M P , van der Jeugd , H P , Steffani , B , Nolet , B A , Larsson , K & Eichhorn , G 2022 , ' Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese: The role of plasticity and day length ' , Journal of Animal Ecology , vol. 91 , no. 2 , pp. 417-427 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13638 article 2022 ftunivamstpubl https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13638 2024-09-12T16:38:40Z 1. The postnatal growth period is a crucial life stage, with potential lifelong effects on an animal's fitness. How fast animals grow depends on their life-history strategy and rearing environment, and interspecific comparisons generally show higher growth rates at higher latitudes. However, to elucidate the mechanisms behind this gradient in growth rate, intraspecific comparisons are needed. 2. Recently, barnacle geese expanded their Arctic breeding range from the Russian Barents Sea coast southwards, and now also breed along the Baltic and North Sea coasts. Baltic breeders shortened their migration, while barnacle geese breeding along the North Sea stopped migrating entirely. 3. We collected cross-sectional data on gosling tarsus length, head length and body mass, and constructed population-specific growth curves to compare growth rates among three populations (Barents Sea, Baltic Sea and North Sea) spanning 17° in latitude. 4. Growth rate was faster at higher latitudes, and the gradient resembled the latitudinal gradient previously observed in an interspecific comparison of precocial species. Differences in day length among the three breeding regions could largely explain the observed differences in growth rate. In the Baltic, and especially in the Arctic population, growth rate was slower later in the season, most likely because of the stronger seasonal decline in food quality. 5. Our results suggest that differences in postnatal growth rate between the Arctic and temperate populations are mainly a plastic response to local environmental conditions. This plasticity can increase the individuals' ability to cope with annual variation in local conditions, but can also increase the potential to re-distribute and adapt to new breeding environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Population Barents Sea Universiteit van Amsterdam: Digital Academic Repository (UvA DARE) Arctic Barents Sea Journal of Animal Ecology 91 2 417 427 |
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1. The postnatal growth period is a crucial life stage, with potential lifelong effects on an animal's fitness. How fast animals grow depends on their life-history strategy and rearing environment, and interspecific comparisons generally show higher growth rates at higher latitudes. However, to elucidate the mechanisms behind this gradient in growth rate, intraspecific comparisons are needed. 2. Recently, barnacle geese expanded their Arctic breeding range from the Russian Barents Sea coast southwards, and now also breed along the Baltic and North Sea coasts. Baltic breeders shortened their migration, while barnacle geese breeding along the North Sea stopped migrating entirely. 3. We collected cross-sectional data on gosling tarsus length, head length and body mass, and constructed population-specific growth curves to compare growth rates among three populations (Barents Sea, Baltic Sea and North Sea) spanning 17° in latitude. 4. Growth rate was faster at higher latitudes, and the gradient resembled the latitudinal gradient previously observed in an interspecific comparison of precocial species. Differences in day length among the three breeding regions could largely explain the observed differences in growth rate. In the Baltic, and especially in the Arctic population, growth rate was slower later in the season, most likely because of the stronger seasonal decline in food quality. 5. Our results suggest that differences in postnatal growth rate between the Arctic and temperate populations are mainly a plastic response to local environmental conditions. This plasticity can increase the individuals' ability to cope with annual variation in local conditions, but can also increase the potential to re-distribute and adapt to new breeding environments. |
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Boom, M.P. van der Jeugd, H.P. Steffani, B. Nolet, B.A. Larsson, K. Eichhorn, G. Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese: The role of plasticity and day length |
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Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese: The role of plasticity and day length |
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Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese: The role of plasticity and day length |
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Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese: The role of plasticity and day length |
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Postnatal growth rate varies with latitude in range-expanding geese: The role of plasticity and day length |
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