Natural selection on body size traits in a long-lived species, the snow-petrel.
International audience I consider the possibility of selection favouring large body size in a population of snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea), a long-lived seabird species. I measured natural selection on body size traits in a population from 1987 to 1998. There was evidence of selection on body size a...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-00211869v1 2023-05-15T18:20:08+02:00 Natural selection on body size traits in a long-lived species, the snow-petrel. Barbraud, Christophe Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2000 https://hal.science/hal-00211869 en eng HAL CCSD Wiley hal-00211869 https://hal.science/hal-00211869 ISSN: 1010-061X EISSN: 1420-9101 Journal of Evolutionary Biology https://hal.science/hal-00211869 Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2000, 13, pp.81-88 survival body size heritability natural selection Pagodroma nivea reproductive success snow petrel info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2000 ftunivnantes 2023-02-08T07:42:12Z International audience I consider the possibility of selection favouring large body size in a population of snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea), a long-lived seabird species. I measured natural selection on body size traits in a population from 1987 to 1998. There was evidence of selection on body size associated with fecundity and survival. Directional selection on bill length and stabilizing selection on tarsus length associated with reproductive success were detected among males. Selection associated with survival favoured males with longer bills. However, selection was weak in all cases. No evidence of selection acting on female body size traits was detected. Offspring±parents regression suggested that bill length and tarsus length were heritable. Although I was able to identify the targets of selection in this population, I could not demonstrate the ecological implications of both tarsus length and bill length variation. The selection on male, but not on female, body size traits suggests factors such as intrasexual competition for nests and/or mates rather than factors such as feeding ef®ciency as mechanisms of selection on bill size. Article in Journal/Newspaper Snow Petrel Snow Petrels Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Nivea ENVELOPE(-45.479,-45.479,-60.580,-60.580) |
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International audience I consider the possibility of selection favouring large body size in a population of snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea), a long-lived seabird species. I measured natural selection on body size traits in a population from 1987 to 1998. There was evidence of selection on body size associated with fecundity and survival. Directional selection on bill length and stabilizing selection on tarsus length associated with reproductive success were detected among males. Selection associated with survival favoured males with longer bills. However, selection was weak in all cases. No evidence of selection acting on female body size traits was detected. Offspring±parents regression suggested that bill length and tarsus length were heritable. Although I was able to identify the targets of selection in this population, I could not demonstrate the ecological implications of both tarsus length and bill length variation. The selection on male, but not on female, body size traits suggests factors such as intrasexual competition for nests and/or mates rather than factors such as feeding ef®ciency as mechanisms of selection on bill size. |
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Natural selection on body size traits in a long-lived species, the snow-petrel. |
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Natural selection on body size traits in a long-lived species, the snow-petrel. |
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Natural selection on body size traits in a long-lived species, the snow-petrel. |
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Natural selection on body size traits in a long-lived species, the snow-petrel. |
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Natural selection on body size traits in a long-lived species, the snow-petrel. |
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natural selection on body size traits in a long-lived species, the snow-petrel. |
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Snow Petrel Snow Petrels |
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ISSN: 1010-061X EISSN: 1420-9101 Journal of Evolutionary Biology https://hal.science/hal-00211869 Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2000, 13, pp.81-88 |
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