GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls
Abstract: Tracking devices are increasingly used to monitor individual movement patterns continuously and in high resolution. However, carrying a device could potentially compromise an individual's physiology or behaviour, thereby making tracking data unreliable for detailed behavioural measure...
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ftunivantwerpen:c:irua:151553 2024-10-06T13:50:29+00:00 GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls Kavelaars, Marwa Stienen, Eric Matheve, Hans Buijs, Roland-Jan Lens, Luc Müller, Wendt 2018 https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1515530151162165141 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/S00227-018-3347-6 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isi/000431717900010 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess 0025-3162 Marine biology Biology info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftunivantwerpen https://doi.org/10.1007/S00227-018-3347-6 2024-09-10T04:06:38Z Abstract: Tracking devices are increasingly used to monitor individual movement patterns continuously and in high resolution. However, carrying a device could potentially compromise an individual's physiology or behaviour, thereby making tracking data unreliable for detailed behavioural measurements. To this end, we assessed the possible consequences of the application of GPS devices on offspring development in an opportunistic seabird species, the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus), by comparing the growth and survival of nestlings of which none, one or both parents were equipped with a GPS device. We found that the developmental trajectories of the nestlings were not affected, and there were no differences in skeletal size and body mass at the fledging stage. A lack of negative effects on offspring development strongly suggests that the parental behaviour, and thus likely the foraging behaviour, did not differ between tagged and non-tagged individuals. The evidence that GPS data can be used to reliably study parental care, as well as other aspects of the bird's behaviour, opens up new possibilities to study behavioural and evolutionary ecological questions in ever-increasing resolution. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lesser black-backed gull IRUA - Institutional Repository van de Universiteit Antwerpen Marine Biology 165 5 |
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Abstract: Tracking devices are increasingly used to monitor individual movement patterns continuously and in high resolution. However, carrying a device could potentially compromise an individual's physiology or behaviour, thereby making tracking data unreliable for detailed behavioural measurements. To this end, we assessed the possible consequences of the application of GPS devices on offspring development in an opportunistic seabird species, the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus), by comparing the growth and survival of nestlings of which none, one or both parents were equipped with a GPS device. We found that the developmental trajectories of the nestlings were not affected, and there were no differences in skeletal size and body mass at the fledging stage. A lack of negative effects on offspring development strongly suggests that the parental behaviour, and thus likely the foraging behaviour, did not differ between tagged and non-tagged individuals. The evidence that GPS data can be used to reliably study parental care, as well as other aspects of the bird's behaviour, opens up new possibilities to study behavioural and evolutionary ecological questions in ever-increasing resolution. |
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Kavelaars, Marwa Stienen, Eric Matheve, Hans Buijs, Roland-Jan Lens, Luc Müller, Wendt |
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Kavelaars, Marwa Stienen, Eric Matheve, Hans Buijs, Roland-Jan Lens, Luc Müller, Wendt |
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Kavelaars, Marwa |
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GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls |
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GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls |
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GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls |
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GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls |
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GPS tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls |
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gps tracking during parental care does not affect early offspring development in lesser black-backed gulls |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1515530151162165141 |
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Lesser black-backed gull |
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