Energetic physiology mediates individual optimization of breeding phenology in a migratory Arctic Seabird

• Published in: The American Naturalist
• Main Authors: Hennin, Holly L., Bêty, Joël, Legagneux, Pierre, Gilchrist, Hugh G., Williams, Tony D., Love, Oliver P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 2016
• Subjects: individual optimization; breeding phenology; fattening rate; energetic management; triglycerides; glucocorticoids; Biology; Life Sciences; Arctic; Rowe; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/biologypub/1222; https://doi.org/10.1086/688044; https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/biologypub/article/2219/viewcontent/EnergeticPhysiologyBreedingPhenologyMigratoryArcticSeabird.pdf

The influence of variation in individual state on key reproductive decisions impacting fitness is well appreciated in evolutionary ecology. Rowe et al. (1994) developed a condition-dependent individual optimization model predicting that three key factors impact the ability of migratory female birds...