Determinants of Between-Season Site, Territory, and Mate Fidelity in Hooded Warblers (Wilsonia Citrina)

Howlett, Joan S.; Stutchbury, Bridget J. M.

doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[0457:dobsta]2.0.co;2

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“…Nonterritory faithful males were unbanded ASY males that occupied a territory previously occupied by a banded male or banded males that returned to a diff erent territory at the same site. Territory faithful males occupied a territory that overlapped his previous territory by Ն 50% or included a previous year ' s nest site (Currie et al 2000, Howlett et al 2003. When later arriving males replaced the original settler, we categorized territories by the age/fi delity class of the permanent owner that ultimately bred in the territory, not the class of the original settler.…”

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The role of territory settlement, individual quality, and nesting initiation on productivity of Bell's vireosVireo bellii bellii

Joos¹,

Thompson

Faaborg³

2014

Journal of Avian Biology

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Variation in habitat quality among territories within a heterogeneous patch should infl uence reproductive success of territory owners. Further, territory settlement order following an ideal despotic distribution (IDD) should predict the fi tness of occupants if territory selection is adaptive. We recorded settlement order and monitored nests in territories occupied by individually marked Bell ' s vireos Vireo bellii bellii across a range of shrubland habitats in central Missouri, USA. We used an information theoretic approach to evaluate multiple hypotheses regarding the relationship between territory settlement order and seasonal territory productivity (productivity), which we defi ne as the number of young fl edged from all nest attempts in a territory. Territory settlement order and arrival date were not analogous and later arriving males displaced early settlers in 13 of 49 territories. Settlement order and lay date together were the best predictors of a territory ' s productivity; productivity decreased 2.08 young from earliest to latest settlement rank and lay date. Males that defended the same territory in successive years occupied territories with earlier settlement dates, but we found little evidence that age or prior ownership infl uenced productivity. Territory selection by male Bell ' s vireos was adaptive because males preferred to settle in territories that had high seasonal off spring production, but even though settlement rank was linked to territory quality, high productivity was only realized on high quality territory when also linked to early nest initiation date. While settlement rank was related to territory quality, obtaining a high quality territory had to be combined with early nest initiation to maximize productivity. We found support for the IDD hypothesis because the highest quality territories, (i.e. most productive), were settled earlier. Research that identifi es high quality habitat by linking individual fi tness with habitat characteristics may elucidate the importance of habitat quality, individual experience and temporal factors to productivity of Bell's vireos.

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The role of territory settlement, individual quality, and nesting initiation on productivity of Bell's vireosVireo bellii bellii

Joos¹,

Thompson

Faaborg³

2014

Journal of Avian Biology

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“…Costa Rican Slate-throated Redstarts in my study shared many basic demographic similarities with migratory warblers that breed in the north temperate zone. I found that breeding male Slate-throated Redstarts have higher between-year territory fidelity than females, reflecting a pattern of sex-biased breeding dispersal that is well documented for migratory temperate-breeding warblers (Cilimburg et al 2002, Hoover 2003, Howlett and Stutchbury 2003, Cline et al 2013). However, the overall magnitude of breeding dispersal by Slatethroated Redstarts was relatively modest, involving only 26% of females making relatively short dispersal movements (90-240 m); breeding dispersal in migratory parulids, in contrast, typically involves both sexes and a greater range of dispersal distances (Cilimburg et al 2002, Hoover 2003, Howlett and Stutchbury 2003, Cline et al 2013.…”

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Demography of Slate-throated Redstarts (Myioborus miniatus ): a non-migratory Neotropical warbler

Mumme

2015

J. Field Ornithol.

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ABSTRACT. Most wood-warblers (Parulidae) are non-migratory residents of the Neotropics and subtropics, and the demographic characteristics of these species are poorly known. I examined the annual survival, reproductive output, dispersal, age of first breeding, and other demographic characteristics of a permanently territorial nonmigratory tropical warbler, the Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus), based on a 5-yr study of a color-banded population in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Territorial males showed strong site fidelity, but 26% of females engaged in short-distance between-year breeding dispersal. Estimated annual survival of territory holders, corrected for undetected female breeding dispersal, was 0.56 for males and 0.43 for females, values lower than expected and comparable to survival estimates for North American migrant warblers. The lower annual survival of females had two demographic consequences; unpaired territorial males were present in 3 of 5 yr, and some 1-yr-old males appeared to be floaters. Unpaired females or female floaters, however, were not observed. Mean natal dispersal distance was significantly greater for females (935 m) than males (485 m). Estimated first-year survival was 0.29, but this is almost certainly an underestimate because of undetected long-distance, female-biased natal dispersal. Annual fecundity (fledglings per female) was 1.8, less than that of temperate warblers and attributable to small mean clutch sizes and a low incidence of double brooding. Estimated population growth rate () was <1 for both males and females, suggesting that the study population was a demographic sink, most likely due to lower-than-expected adult survival. RESUMEN. Demografía de Myioborus miniatus, un parúlido Neotropical no migratoriaLa mayoría de los parúlidos (Parulidae) son residentes no migratorias en zonas neotrópicos y subtropicales, y las características demográficas de estas especies son poco conocidas. Examiné la supervivencia anual, la tasa reproductiva, la dispersión, la edad cuando los parúlidos comienzan a reproducir, y otras características demográficas de un parúlido tropical, el Myioborus miniatus, que es un residente permanente, no migratoria, y mantiene un territorio. Las características demográficas fueron determinadas por un estudio de cinco años sobre una población de parúlidos que fueron anillados con colores en Monteverde, Costa Rica. Los machos territoriales mostraron fuerte fidelidad al sitio, pero el 26% de las hembras llevaron a cabo la dispersión reproductiva a distancia corta y entre años. La supervivencia anual fue estimada sobre los dueños del territorio, y se corrigió por dispersión de las hembras reproductoras que no fueron detectados. La supervivencia anual fue desde 0.56 para los machos y 0.43 para las hembra; los valores son inferiores de lo esperado y comparable a las estimaciones de supervivencia anual para parúlidos migratorias de Norteamérica. La supervivencia anual baja de las hembras tuvo dos consecuencias demográficas. Machos territoriales no apareados e...

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“…Harvey et al 1979), or as the proportion of surviving individuals that reoccupy their former breeding territory (e.g. Hoover 2003, Howlett andStutchbury 2003). We therefore classified the behaviour of resident and migratory dippers into the following categories.…”

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“…Lanyon and Thompson 1986, Bollinger and Gavin 1989, Newton 2001, or are more likely to be site faithful following a successful than unsuccessful breeding attempt (Pärt and Gustafsson 1989, Haas 1998, Hoover 2003. However, other studies have found that prior reproductive success only influences the territory fidelity of one sex, usually females (Drilling andThompson 1988, Haas 1998), or has no effect on the return of either males or females (Bedard and Lapointe 1984, Bollinger and Gavin 1989, Howlett and Stutchbury 2003. Switzer (1993) used a dynamic model to show that prior reproductive success is more likely to influence dispersal decisions and territory fidelity when breeding performance is predictable but there is limited empirical data available to test this model (but see Beletsky and Orians 1987, and Bédard and Lapointe 1984in Switzer 1993.…”

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Breeding territory fidelity in a partial migrant, the American dipper Cinclus mexicanus

Middleton¹,

Morrissey²,

Green³

2006

J Avian Biology

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. 2006. Breeding territory fidelity in a partial migrant, the American dipper Cinclus mexicanus. Á/ J. Avian Biol. 37: 369 Á/ 178.American dipper Cinclus mexicanus populations are frequently composed of resident individuals that occupy permanent territories year round and migratory individuals that overwinter with residents but migrate to breeding territories on higher elevation creeks each spring. Between 1999 and 2004 we examined how migratory strategy (resident/migratory) and sex differences influence breeding territory fidelity of American dippers occupying the Chilliwack River watershed, British Columbia, Canada. Counter to expectation we found that the migratory strategy of American dippers did not influence whether birds breeding in one year were found on their former breeding territory in the next. Migratory strategy also did not affect the probability that known surviving dippers occupied the same breeding territory in the following year. Males and females were equally likely to be found on their former territory in the following year (females 43%, males 41%) and known survivors had similar levels of breeding territory fidelity (females 74%, males 68%). However, breeding territory fidelity of males and females varied in response to different factors. Surviving female dippers were more likely to be found on their former breeding territory in the subsequent year following a successful breeding attempt than an unsuccessful breeding attempt. Prior reproductive performance did not influence whether surviving male dippers were found on their former breeding territory. Male dippers were more likely to be found on their former territory and, if they survived, have higher breeding territory fidelity when their mate also returned to that same territory. Mate retention also influenced whether females were found on their former territory in the following year but had no effect on the breeding territory fidelity of known survivors. We argue that sex-specific dispersal decision rules in American dippers are driven by sex differences in the predictability of breeding performance between years and sex differences in how mate retention influences subsequent reproductive success.

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Determinants of Between-Season Site, Territory, and Mate Fidelity in Hooded Warblers (Wilsonia Citrina)

Cited by 32 publications

References 32 publications

The role of territory settlement, individual quality, and nesting initiation on productivity of Bell's vireosVireo bellii bellii

The role of territory settlement, individual quality, and nesting initiation on productivity of Bell's vireosVireo bellii bellii

Demography of Slate-throated Redstarts (Myioborus miniatus ): a non-migratory Neotropical warbler

Breeding territory fidelity in a partial migrant, the American dipper Cinclus mexicanus

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