The Effect of Egg Size on Growth and Survival of the Tree Sparrow<i>Passer montanus</i>Nestlings

Pinowska, Barbara; Barkowska, Miłosława; Pinowski, Jan; Bartha, Andrzej; Hahm, Kyu-Hwang; Лебедева, Н. В.

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“…Although interspecific variation in avian egg size has been relatively well studied (Christians, 2002; Sotherland & Rahn, 1986) little is known about the intraspecific variation of this phase of the reproductive cycle. Currently, research on the relationship between egg size and nestling development typically suggests that there is a positive relationship (Pinowska et al., 2004) that becomes less pronounced as individuals age (Smith & Bruun, 1998). But no research, to our knowledge, exists regarding how egg composition (e.g., yolk content), independent of egg size, affects nestling size and development, thus research in this area is still required.…”

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Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird

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Bowers

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Ecology and Evolution

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Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird

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Miller

Bowers

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Ecology and Evolution

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“…Birds in good condition tend to produce larger eggs with higher quality constituents than females in poor condition (e.g., Williams 1994, Murphy 2004, Saino et al 2004). Large eggs result in larger, faster growing hatchlings that, in many species, are more likely to survive to fledging than hatchlings from small eggs (Smith et al 1995, Styrsky et al 2000, Pinowska et al 2004). The positive effects of egg size on growth and survival can be long lasting and persist even after offspring have reached independence (Rutkowska and Cichoń 2005).…”

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“…In many species, larger eggs produce heavier hatchlings that have greater nutrient reserves and greater survival probabilities than hatchlings from smaller eggs (Williams 1994). Several studies of passerines have demonstrated the effects of egg size on nestling growth and survival (e.g., Smith et al 1995, Styrsky et al 2000, Pinowska et al 2004, Rutkowska and Cichoń 2005). For example, egg mass is positively correlated with body mass, tarsus length, and growth rate of tree sparrow Passer montanus nestlings (Pinowska et al 2004), and nestling survival increases with egg mass in the house wren Troglodytes aedon (Styrsky et al 2000).…”

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Growth of yellow‐headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus nestlings in relation to maternal body condition, egg mass, and yolk carotenoids concentrations

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Reed

2009

Journal of Avian Biology

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Condition‐dependent resource allocation to eggs can affect offspring growth and survival, with potentially different effects on male and female offspring, particularly in sexually dimorphic species. We investigated the influence of maternal body condition (i.e., mass‐tarsus residuals) and two measures of female resource allocation (i.e., egg mass, yolk carotenoid concentrations) on nestling mass and growth rates in the polygynous and highly size dimorphic yellow‐headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Egg characteristics and carotenoid concentrations were obtained from the third‐laid egg of each clutch and were correlated with the mass and growth rates of the first two asynchronously hatched nestlings. Maternal body condition was associated with the growth of first‐hatched, but not second‐hatched nestlings. Specifically, females in better body condition produced larger and faster growing first‐hatched nestlings than females in poorer body condition. As predicted for a polygynous, size‐dimorphic species, females that fledged first‐hatched sons were in better body condition than females that fledged first‐hatched daughters. Associations between egg mass, yolk carotenoid content, and nestling growth were also specific to hatching‐order. Egg mass was positively correlated with the mass and growth rates of second‐hatched nestlings, and yolk concentrations of β‐carotene were positively correlated with second‐hatched nestling mass. Surprisingly, the relationship between yolk lutein and hatchling growth differed between the sexes. Females with high concentrations of yolk lutein produced larger and faster growing first‐hatched sons, but smaller first‐hatched daughters than females with lower lutein concentrations. Mass and growth rates did not differ between first‐ and second‐hatched nestlings of the same sex, despite asynchronous hatching in the species. Results from this study suggest that maternal body condition and the allocation of resources to eggs have carotenoid‐, sex‐, and/or hatch‐order‐specific effects on yellow‐headed blackbird nestlings.

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“…Eggs turned out to be slightly but significantly wider and larger in general in the second year of this study than in the first year, with the length being the same. Egg sizes as important components of reproductive strategy of birds are known to show some year differences (Makatsch 1974, Zieliński & Bańbura 1998, Pinowska et al 2004.…”

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Breeding Biology of the House Martin Delichon urbica in Algeria

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The Effect of Egg Size on Growth and Survival of the Tree SparrowPasser montanusNestlings

Cited by 7 publications

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Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird

Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird

Growth of yellow‐headed blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus nestlings in relation to maternal body condition, egg mass, and yolk carotenoids concentrations

Breeding Biology of the House Martin Delichon urbica in Algeria

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