Sensitivity of δ 13 C values of seabird tissues to combined spatial, temporal and ecological drivers: A simulation approach
Biologging technologies have revolutionised our understanding of the foraging ecology and life history traits of marine predators, allowing for high resolution information about location, and in some cases, foraging behaviour of wild animals. At the same time, stable isotope ecologists have independ...
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ftunivgenova:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/1120638 2024-04-14T08:04:37+00:00 Sensitivity of δ 13 C values of seabird tissues to combined spatial, temporal and ecological drivers: A simulation approach Carpenter-Kling T. Pistorius P. Connan M. Reisinger R. Magozzi S. Trueman C. Carpenter-Kling, T. Pistorius, P. Connan, M. Reisinger, R. Magozzi, S. Trueman, C. 2019 ELETTRONICO https://hdl.handle.net/11567/1120638 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.12.007 eng eng Elsevier B.V. place:PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000457819300002 volume:512 firstpage:12 lastpage:21 numberofpages:10 journal:JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY https://hdl.handle.net/11567/1120638 doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2018.12.007 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85059478385 Agent-based movement model Isoscape Marine predator δ 13 C info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftunivgenova https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.12.007 2024-03-21T02:19:42Z Biologging technologies have revolutionised our understanding of the foraging ecology and life history traits of marine predators, allowing for high resolution information about location, and in some cases, foraging behaviour of wild animals. At the same time, stable isotope ecologists have independently developed methods to infer location and foraging ecology (trophic geography). To date, relatively few studies have combined these two approaches, despite the potential wealth of complementary information. In marine systems, spatial and trophic information are coded in the isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in animal tissues, but interpretation of isotope values is limited by both the lack of reference maps (isoscapes) needed to relate the isotopic composition of an animal's tissues to a location, and the relatively large number of variables that could influence tissue isotope compositions. Simulation modelling can help to interpret measured tissue isotope compositions of migratory animals in the context of spatio-temporally dynamic isotopic baselines. Here, we couple individual-based movement models with global marine isotope models to explore the sensitivity of tissue δ 13 C values to a range of extrinsic (environmental) and intrinsic (behavioural, physiological) drivers. We use in-silico experiments to simulate isotopic compositions expected for birds exhibiting different movement and foraging behaviours and compare these simulated data to isotopic data recovered from biologger-equipped female northern giant petrels Macronectes halli incubating eggs on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Our simulations suggest that in the studied system, time is a strong driver of isotopic variance. Accordingly, this implies that caution should be used when comparing δ 13 C values of marine predators’ tissues between seasons and years. We show how an in-silico experimental approach can be used to explore the sensitivity of animal tissue isotopic compositions to complex and often interacting drivers. Appreciation of the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Giant Petrels Marion Island Università degli Studi di Genova: CINECA IRIS Antarctic Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 512 12 21 |
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Biologging technologies have revolutionised our understanding of the foraging ecology and life history traits of marine predators, allowing for high resolution information about location, and in some cases, foraging behaviour of wild animals. At the same time, stable isotope ecologists have independently developed methods to infer location and foraging ecology (trophic geography). To date, relatively few studies have combined these two approaches, despite the potential wealth of complementary information. In marine systems, spatial and trophic information are coded in the isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in animal tissues, but interpretation of isotope values is limited by both the lack of reference maps (isoscapes) needed to relate the isotopic composition of an animal's tissues to a location, and the relatively large number of variables that could influence tissue isotope compositions. Simulation modelling can help to interpret measured tissue isotope compositions of migratory animals in the context of spatio-temporally dynamic isotopic baselines. Here, we couple individual-based movement models with global marine isotope models to explore the sensitivity of tissue δ 13 C values to a range of extrinsic (environmental) and intrinsic (behavioural, physiological) drivers. We use in-silico experiments to simulate isotopic compositions expected for birds exhibiting different movement and foraging behaviours and compare these simulated data to isotopic data recovered from biologger-equipped female northern giant petrels Macronectes halli incubating eggs on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Our simulations suggest that in the studied system, time is a strong driver of isotopic variance. Accordingly, this implies that caution should be used when comparing δ 13 C values of marine predators’ tissues between seasons and years. We show how an in-silico experimental approach can be used to explore the sensitivity of animal tissue isotopic compositions to complex and often interacting drivers. Appreciation of the ... |
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Sensitivity of δ 13 C values of seabird tissues to combined spatial, temporal and ecological drivers: A simulation approach |
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Sensitivity of δ 13 C values of seabird tissues to combined spatial, temporal and ecological drivers: A simulation approach |
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Sensitivity of δ 13 C values of seabird tissues to combined spatial, temporal and ecological drivers: A simulation approach |
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Sensitivity of δ 13 C values of seabird tissues to combined spatial, temporal and ecological drivers: A simulation approach |
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Sensitivity of δ 13 C values of seabird tissues to combined spatial, temporal and ecological drivers: A simulation approach |
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sensitivity of δ 13 c values of seabird tissues to combined spatial, temporal and ecological drivers: a simulation approach |
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