Arrival Time from Spring Migration in Male Pied Flycatchers: Individual Consistency and Familial Resemblance

Potti, Jaime

doi:10.2307/1369752

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“…polygyny threshold model, Orians 1969). Both Potti (1998Potti ( , 1999Potti ( , 2000 and Bradley et al (1995) have cast doubt on whether age-assortative matings are caused by active mate choice or by similar age-related patterns of spring migration arrivals, with individuals simply taking the next available partner. Immature birds appearing in several territories significantly more often than expected has been documented for sparrowhawks, Accipiter nisus (Newton et al 1981), golden eagles, Aquila chrysaetos (Steenhof et al 1983), Bonelli's eagle (Balbontín et al 2003) and American magpie, Pica pica hudsonia (Reese & Kadlec 1985), as well as for the colonial black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla (Wooller & Coulson 1977).…”

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A process of pair formation leading to assortative mating: passive age-assortative mating by habitat heterogeneity

Ferrer

Penteriani

2003

Animal Behaviour

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We present an individual-based model dealing with mating as a process of pair formation. Model simulations, based on data from a 19-year study of Spanish imperial eagles, Aquila adalberti, showed that the mating pattern of a population is not necessarily a direct consequence of the mating preferences of individuals; positive age-assortative mating, by which individuals of similar age are more likely to become paired, does not necessarily indicate homotypic mating preferences. For example, individuals of similar, young age may be constrained to a few low-quality territories, leading to passive assortative mating, independent of individual preferences. Confounding factors such as territory quality can affect the encounters between a male and a female available for mating, generating an age-assortative mating totally independent of mate preferences. Such a process may apply to many territorial species when spatial variation in territory quality is pronounced.

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A process of pair formation leading to assortative mating: passive age-assortative mating by habitat heterogeneity

Ferrer

Penteriani

2003

Animal Behaviour

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“…Some studies have failed to find repeatable timing in migrants and explain this lack either to changes with age (Potti 1998) or to changes in territory quality (Forstmeier 2002).…”

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Repeatable timing of northward departure, arrival and breeding in Black-tailed Godwits Limosa l. limosa, but no domino effects

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When early breeding is advantageous, migrants underway to the breeding areas may be time stressed. The timing of sequential events such as migration and breeding is expected to be correlated because of a ''domino effect'', and would be of particular biological importance if timings are repeatable within individuals between years. We studied a colour-marked population of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa l. limosa both on staging areas in Portugal and on breeding areas in The Netherlands. For each individual, we measured the timing of the staging period, the arrival date on the breeding area and the egg laying date. We measured average egg volume as a measure of reproductive investment. The date of departure from the staging areas, the arrival date on the breeding areas, and the egg laying date were repeatable among years in individual Black-tailed Godwits. The arrival dates of paired males and females and the average annual male and female arrival dates were correlated. The dates of departure from Portugal, arrival in The Netherlands, and egg laying were not correlated. Earlier clutches had larger eggs than late clutches. If the length of the individually available pre-laying period is accounted for, early arriving birds spent more time on the breeding grounds before laying than late arriving birds. The repeatability of the itineraries and the correlation between arrival timing of males and females are consistent with observations in other migrants. Despite evidence for early breeding being advantageous, we found no evidence of a ''domino effect''.

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“…An earlier onset of migration probably requires a genetic change in timing mechanisms, and some evidence exists for such genetic variation of migration in the laboratory (Pulido et al 1996(Pulido et al , 2001) and in the field (Møller 2001), although it is not universal (Potti 1998; see also Pulido 2007, this issue). The increased selection for early breeding (and probably for early arrival date) in a Dutch pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca population, without an actual change in arrival date, suggests that in this population either no genetic variation exists or that selection in other parts of the year prevent an evolutionary response (Both & Visser 2001).…”

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Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration throughout Europe

Both¹,

Marvelde²

2007

Clim. Res.

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Bird breeding and spring migration phenology have advanced in response to climate change, but the effects differ between sites. Here, we examine the geographical variation in layingdate trends in a short-distance migrant, the European starling Sturnus vulgaris, and a long-distance migrant, the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca. We model the trend in laying date for these 2 species -between 1980 and 2004 for most of their European breeding areas -by combining geographical variation in mean laying date, the effect of temperature on laying date, and spatial variation in temperature change. Starlings are predicted to have advanced breeding over most of their range, with the greatest advance in north-eastern Europe. In contrast, pied flycatchers have delayed their laying in northern Europe, but have advanced their laying in western and central Europe. The species differ because pied flycatchers lay their eggs 25 d later at each site than starlings, and temperatures during these 2 periods show different trends. Temperatures during migration have also changed differently for populations heading to different breeding areas. This was most pronounced for pied flycatchers; northern populations experience an increase in temperatures during migration, while more southern populations presently still migrate at temperatures similar to those experienced 25 yr ago. As a consequence the southern population may be constrained in adapting to climate change by low temperatures during migration. There is a large contrast in how circumstances during migration and at the breeding grounds have changed: populations that advanced breeding most were subjected to the lowest temperature increases during migration. The temporal and spatial variation in temperature change has important consequences on how migrants adapt to ongoing climate change.

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Arrival Time from Spring Migration in Male Pied Flycatchers: Individual Consistency and Familial Resemblance

Cited by 119 publications

References 32 publications

A process of pair formation leading to assortative mating: passive age-assortative mating by habitat heterogeneity

A process of pair formation leading to assortative mating: passive age-assortative mating by habitat heterogeneity

Repeatable timing of northward departure, arrival and breeding in Black-tailed Godwits Limosa l. limosa, but no domino effects

Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration throughout Europe

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