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François S, Hill SC, Perrins CM, Pybus OG. Characterization of the genomic sequence of a circo-like virus and of three chaphamaparvoviruses detected in mute swan ( Cygnus olor). Microbiol Resour Announc 2024; 13:e0118623. [PMID: 38376411 DOI: 10.1128/mra.01186-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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We report the complete genomes of four ssDNA viruses: a circular replication-associated protein-encoding single-stranded DNA virus belonging to a clade previously detected only in mammals, and three chaphamaparvoviruses, which were detected by viromic surveillance of mute swan (Cygnus olor) fecal samples from the United Kingdom.
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- Sarah François
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- DGIMI, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Science, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Science, Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, United Kingdom
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François S, Nazki S, Vickers SH, Fournié G, Perrins CM, Broadbent AJ, Pybus OG, Hill SC. Genetic diversity, recombination and cross-species transmission of a waterbird gammacoronavirus in the wild. J Gen Virol 2023; 104. [PMID: 37589541 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.001883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
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Viruses emerging from wildlife can cause outbreaks in humans and domesticated animals. Predicting the emergence of future pathogens and mitigating their impacts requires an understanding of what shapes virus diversity and dynamics in wildlife reservoirs. In order to better understand coronavirus ecology in wild species, we sampled birds within a coastal freshwater lagoon habitat across 5 years, focussing on a large population of mute swans (Cygnus olor) and the diverse species that they interact with. We discovered and characterised the full genome of a divergent gammacoronavirus belonging to the Goose coronavirus CB17 species. We investigated the genetic diversity and dynamics of this gammacoronavirus using untargeted metagenomic sequencing of 223 faecal samples from swans of known age and sex, and RT-PCR screening of 1632 additional bird samples. The virus circulated persistently within the bird community; virus prevalence in mute swans exhibited seasonal variations, but did not change with swan age-class or epidemiological year. One whole genome was fully characterised, and revealed that the virus originated from a recombination event involving an undescribed gammacoronavirus species. Multiple lineages of this gammacoronavirus co-circulated within our study population. Viruses from this species have recently been detected in aquatic birds from both the Anatidae and Rallidae families, implying that host species habitat sharing may be important in shaping virus host range. As the host range of the Goose coronavirus CB17 species is not limited to geese, we propose that this species name should be updated to 'Waterbird gammacoronavirus 1'. Non-invasive sampling of bird coronaviruses may provide a tractable model system for understanding the evolutionary and cross-species dynamics of coronaviruses.
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- Sarah François
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Park Road, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK
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- Pandemic Sciences Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK
- The Pirbright Institute, Ash Rd, Pirbright, Woking GU24 0NF, UK
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Science, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Science, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK
- Université de Lyon, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Marcy l'Etoile, France
- Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR EPIA, Saint-Gènes-Champanelle, France
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- The Pirbright Institute, Ash Rd, Pirbright, Woking GU24 0NF, UK
- Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD20742, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Park Road, Oxford, OX1 3SY, UK
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Science, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Science, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK
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Hill SC, François S, Thézé J, Smith AL, Simmonds P, Perrins CM, van der Hoek L, Pybus OG. Impact of host age on viral and bacterial communities in a waterbird population. ISME J 2023; 17:215-226. [PMID: 36319706 PMCID: PMC9860062 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01334-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Wildlife harbour pathogens that can harm human or livestock health and are the source of most emerging infectious diseases. It is rarely considered how changes in wildlife population age-structures or how age-stratified behaviours might alter the level of pathogen detection within a species, or risk of spillover to other species. Micro-organisms that occur in healthy animals can be an important model for understanding and predicting the dynamics of pathogens of greater health concern, which are hard to study in wild populations due to their relative rarity. We therefore used a metagenomic approach to jointly characterise viral and prokaryotic carriage in faeces collected from a healthy wild bird population (Cygnus olor; mute swan) that has been subject to long-term study. Using 223 samples from known individuals allowed us to compare differences in prokaryotic and eukaryotic viral carriage between adults and juveniles at an unprecedented level of detail. We discovered and characterised 77 novel virus species, of which 21% belong putatively to bird-infecting families, and described the core prokaryotic microbiome of C. olor. Whilst no difference in microbiota diversity was observed between juveniles and adult individuals, 50% (4/8) of bird-infecting virus families (picornaviruses, astroviruses, adenoviruses and bornaviruses) and 3.4% (9/267) of prokaryotic families (including Helicobacteraceae, Spirochaetaceae and Flavobacteriaceae families) were differentially abundant and/or prevalent between juveniles and adults. This indicates that perturbations that affect population age-structures of wildlife could alter circulation dynamics and spillover risk of microbes, potentially including pathogens.
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- Sarah C Hill
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- UMR EPIA, Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
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- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Woodman JP, Cole EF, Firth JA, Perrins CM, Sheldon BC. Disentangling the causes of age‐assortative mating in bird populations with contrasting life‐history strategies. J Anim Ecol 2022; 92:979-990. [PMID: 36423201 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Age shapes fundamental processes related to behaviour, survival and reproduction, where age influences reproductive success, non-random mating with respect to age can magnify or mitigate such effects. Consequently, the correlation in partners' age across a population may influence its productivity. Despite widespread evidence for age-assortative mating, little is known about what drives this assortment and its variation. Specifically, the relative importance of active (same-age mate preference) and passive processes (assortment as a consequence of other spatial or temporal effects) in driving age assortment is not well understood. In this paper, we compare breeding data from a great tit and mute swan population (51- and 31-year datasets, respectively) to tease apart the contributions of pair retention, cohort age structure and active age-related mate selection to age assortment in species with contrasting life histories. Both species show age-assortative mating and variable assortment between years. However, we demonstrate that the drivers of age assortment differ between the species, as expected from their life histories and resultant demographic differences. In great tits, pair fidelity has a weak effect on age-assortative mating through pair retention; variation in age assortment is primarily driven by fluctuations in age structure from variable juvenile recruitment. Age-assortative mating is, therefore, largely passive, with no evidence consistent with active age-related mate selection. In mute swans, age assortment is partly explained by pair retention, but not population age structure, and evidence exists for active age-assortative pairing. This difference is likely to result from shorter life-spans in great tits compared with mute swans, leading to fundamental differences in their population age structure, whereby a larger proportion of great tit populations consist of a single age cohort. In mute swans, age-assortative pairing through mate selection may also be driven by greater age-dependent variation in fitness. The study highlights the importance of considering how different life histories and demographic differences arising from these affect population processes that appear congruent across species. We suggest that future research should focus on uncovering the proximate mechanisms that lead to variation in active age-assortative mate selection (as seen in mute swans); and the consequences of variation in age structure on the ecological and social functioning of wild populations.
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- Joe P. Woodman
- Edward Grey Institute Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road Oxford
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- Edward Grey Institute Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road Oxford
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- Edward Grey Institute Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road Oxford
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- Edward Grey Institute Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road Oxford
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- Edward Grey Institute Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road Oxford
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Hill SC, Hansen R, Watson S, Coward V, Russell C, Cooper J, Essen S, Everest H, Parag KV, Fiddaman S, Reid S, Lewis N, Brookes SM, Smith AL, Sheldon B, Perrins CM, Brown IH, Pybus OG. Comparative micro-epidemiology of pathogenic avian influenza virus outbreaks in a wild bird population. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2020; 374:20180259. [PMID: 31056057 PMCID: PMC6553603 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Understanding the epidemiological dynamics of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) in wild birds is crucial for guiding effective surveillance and control measures. The spread of H5 HPAIV has been well characterized over large geographical and temporal scales. However, information about the detailed dynamics and demographics of individual outbreaks in wild birds is rare and important epidemiological parameters remain unknown. We present data from a wild population of long-lived birds (mute swans; Cygnus olor) that has experienced three outbreaks of related H5 HPAIVs in the past decade, specifically, H5N1 (2007), H5N8 (2016) and H5N6 (2017). Detailed demographic data were available and intense sampling was conducted before and after the outbreaks; hence the population is unusually suitable for exploring the natural epidemiology, evolution and ecology of HPAIV in wild birds. We show that key epidemiological features remain remarkably consistent across multiple outbreaks, including the timing of virus incursion and outbreak duration, and the presence of a strong age-structure in morbidity that likely arises from an equivalent age-structure in immunological responses. The predictability of these features across a series of outbreaks in a complex natural population is striking and contributes to our understanding of HPAIV in wild birds. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Modelling infectious disease outbreaks in humans, animals and plants: approaches and important themes’. This issue is linked with the subsequent theme issue ‘Modelling infectious disease outbreaks in humans, animals and plants: epidemic forecasting and control’.
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- Sarah C Hill
- 1 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 2 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 1 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- 1 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK.,4 The Royal Veterinary College , Royal College Street, London , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 1 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- 1 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.,2 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- 1 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.,2 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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- 3 Department of Virology, Animal and Plant Health Agency - Weybridge , Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB , UK
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- 1 Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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Shoji A, Aris-Brosou S, Culina A, Fayet A, Kirk H, Padget O, Juarez-Martinez I, Boyle D, Nakata T, Perrins CM, Guilford T. Breeding phenology and winter activity predict subsequent breeding success in a trans-global migratory seabird. Biol Lett 2016; 11:rsbl.2015.0671. [PMID: 26510674 PMCID: PMC4650180 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Inter-seasonal events are believed to connect and affect reproductive performance (RP) in animals. However, much remains unknown about such carry-over effects (COEs), in particular how behaviour patterns during highly mobile life-history stages, such as migration, affect RP. To address this question, we measured at-sea behaviour in a long-lived migratory seabird, the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) and obtained data for individual migration cycles over 5 years, by tracking with geolocator/immersion loggers, along with 6 years of RP data. We found that individual breeding and non-breeding phenology correlated with subsequent RP, with birds hyperactive during winter more likely to fail to reproduce. Furthermore, parental investment during one year influenced breeding success during the next, a COE reflecting the trade-off between current and future RP. Our results suggest that different life-history stages interact to influence RP in the next breeding season, so that behaviour patterns during winter may be important determinants of variation in subsequent fitness among individuals.
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- A Shoji
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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Vaugoyeau M, Adriaensen F, Artemyev A, Bańbura J, Barba E, Biard C, Blondel J, Bouslama Z, Bouvier JC, Camprodon J, Cecere F, Charmantier A, Charter M, Cichoń M, Cusimano C, Czeszczewik D, Demeyrier V, Doligez B, Doutrelant C, Dubiec A, Eens M, Eeva T, Faivre B, Ferns PN, Forsman JT, García-Del-Rey E, Goldshtein A, Goodenough AE, Gosler AG, Grégoire A, Gustafsson L, Harnist I, Hartley IR, Heeb P, Hinsley SA, Isenmann P, Jacob S, Juškaitis R, Korpimäki E, Krams I, Laaksonen T, Lambrechts MM, Leclercq B, Lehikoinen E, Loukola O, Lundberg A, Mainwaring MC, Mänd R, Massa B, Mazgajski TD, Merino S, Mitrus C, Mönkkönen M, Morin X, Nager RG, Nilsson JÅ, Nilsson SG, Norte AC, Orell M, Perret P, Perrins CM, Pimentel CS, Pinxten R, Richner H, Robles H, Rytkönen S, Senar JC, Seppänen JT, Pascoal da Silva L, Slagsvold T, Solonen T, Sorace A, Stenning MJ, Tryjanowski P, von Numers M, Walankiewicz W, Møller AP. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds. Ecol Evol 2016; 6:5907-20. [PMID: 27547364 PMCID: PMC4983601 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole‐nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large‐scale study showing a species‐specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanization remain to be determined. We propose that effects of food abundance or quality, temperature, noise, pollution, or disturbance by humans may on their own or in combination affect laying date and/or clutch size.
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- Marie Vaugoyeau
- Ecologie Systématique Evolution Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Agro Paris Tech, Université Paris-Saclay Orsay France
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- Department of Biology Evolutionary Ecology Group University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
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- Institute of Biology Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Petrozavodsk Russia
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- Department of Experimental Zoology & Evolutionary Biology University of Lodź Lodź Poland
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- Terrestrial Vertebrates Research Unit "Cavanilles" Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology University of Valencia Paterna Spain
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie Sorbonne universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, UPEC, Paris 7 CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris Paris France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- Research Laboratory "Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems" University Badji Mokhtar Annaba Algeria
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- Àrea de Biodiversitat Grup de Biologia de la Conservació Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya Solsona Spain
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- University of Haifa Haifa Israel; Society for the Protection of Nature University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institute of Environmental Science Jagiellonian University Krakow Poland
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- Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences Università di Palermo Palermo Italy
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- Department of Zoology Faculty of Natural Science Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities Siedlce Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- Department of Biometry & Evolutionary Biology University of Lyon 1 Villeurbanne France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Biology Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Group University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
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- Section of Ecology Department of Biology University of Turku Turku Finland
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- BioGéoSciences Université de Bourgogne Dijon France
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- Departamento de Ecología Facultad de Biología Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna Tenerife Canary Islands Spain
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- Department of Natural and Social Sciences University of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire UK
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- Department of Zoology Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology & Institute of Human Sciences Oxford UK
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- Department of Animal Ecology Evolutionary Biology Centre Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
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- Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Lancaster UK
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique UPS Toulouse III Toulouse France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique UPS Toulouse III Toulouse France
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- Institute of Ecology of Nature Research Centre Akademijos 2 Vilnius Lithuania
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- Section of Ecology Department of Biology University of Turku Turku Finland
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- Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Section of Ecology Department of Biology University of Turku Turku Finland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- Section of Ecology Department of Biology University of Turku Turku Finland
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- Department of Ecology University of Oulu Oulu Finland
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- Department of Animal Ecology Evolutionary Biology Centre Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden
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- Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences Università di Palermo Palermo Italy
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Madrid Spain
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- Department of Zoology Rzeszów University Rzeszów Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä Finland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine University of Glasgow Glasgow UK
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- Department of Life SciencesInstitute of Marine ResearchUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal; Department of Life SciencesMARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences CentreUniversity of CoimbraCoimbraPortugal
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- Department of Ecology University of Oulu Oulu Finland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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- Department of Zoology Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology & Institute of Human Sciences Oxford UK
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais Instituto Superior de Agronomia University of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
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- Department of Biology Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Group University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium; Didactica Research Unit Faculty of Social Sciences University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
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- Institute of Ecology & Evolution (IEE) University of Bern Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Biology Evolutionary Ecology Group University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium; Evolutionary Biology Group (GIBE) Falculty of Sciences University of A Coruña A Coruña Spain
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- Unidad Asociada CSIC de Ecología Evolutiva y de la Conducta Nat-Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Life Sciences Institute of Marine Research University of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Department of Biosciences University of Oslo Oslo Norway
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- Institute of Zoology Poznan University of Life Sciences Poznań Poland
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- Department of Zoology Faculty of Natural Science Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities Siedlce Poland
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- Ecologie Systématique Evolution Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Agro Paris Tech, Université Paris-Saclay Orsay France
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Møller AP, Adriaensen F, Artemyev A, Bańbura J, Barba E, Biard C, Blondel J, Bouslama Z, Bouvier JC, Camprodon J, Cecere F, Chaine A, Charmantier A, Charter M, Cichoń M, Cusimano C, Czeszczewik D, Doligez B, Doutrelant C, Dubiec A, Eens M, Eeva T, Faivre B, Ferns PN, Forsman JT, García-del-Rey E, Goldshtein A, Goodenough AE, Gosler AG, Góźdź I, Grégoire A, Gustafsson L, Hartley IR, Heeb P, Hinsley SA, Isenmann P, Jacob S, Järvinen A, Juškaitis R, Kania W, Korpimäki E, Krams I, Laaksonen T, Leclercq B, Lehikoinen E, Loukola O, Lundberg A, Mainwaring MC, Mänd R, Massa B, Mazgajski TD, Merino S, Mitrus C, Mönkkönen M, Morales-Fernaz J, Moreno J, Morin X, Nager RG, Nilsson JÅ, Nilsson SG, Norte AC, Orell M, Perret P, Perrins CM, Pimentel CS, Pinxten R, Priedniece I, Quidoz MC, Remeš V, Richner H, Robles H, Russell A, Rytkönen S, Senar JC, Seppänen JT, Pascoal da Silva L, Slagsvold T, Solonen T, Sorace A, Stenning MJ, Török J, Tryjanowski P, van Noordwijk AJ, von Numers M, Walankiewicz W, Lambrechts MM. Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design. Methods Ecol Evol 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Anders Pape Møller
- Laboratoire Ecologie, Systematique et Evolution; UMR8079 CNRS-Université Paris-Sud XI-AgroParisTech; Université Paris-Sud XI; Batiment 362 F-91405 Orsay Cedex France
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- Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group; University of Antwerp; Campus CGB B-2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Karelian Research Centre; Russian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Biology; Petrozavodsk 185610 Russia
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- Department of Experimental Zoology & Evolutionary Biology; University of Lodź; Banacha 12/16 90-237 Lodź Poland
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- Terrestrial Vertebrates Research Unit “Cavanilles”; Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology; University of Valencia; C/Catedrático José Beltran 2 Paterna E-46980 Spain
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- Laboratoire Ecologie-Evolution; UMR 7625; Equipe Ecophysiologie Evolutive - Evolutionary Ecophysiology Research Group; Université Pierre et Marie Curie - UPMC; 7 Quai Saint Bernard, Case 237 F-75252 Paris Cedex 05 France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Research Laboratory “Ecology of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems”; University Badji Mokhtar; Annaba Algeria
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- INRA; UR 1115, Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles; F-84000 Avignon France
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- Àrea de Biodiversitat, Grup de Biologia de la Conservació; Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya; Carretera de St. Llorenç de Morunys, km. 2 E-25280 Solsona Spain
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- Stn. Ecol. Expt.; CNRS; Moulis USR2936; F-09200 St. Girons France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- University of Haifa; Haifa Israel
- Society for the Protection of Nature; University of Lausanne; Lausanne Switzerland
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- Institute of Environmental Science; Jagiellonian University; Krakow Poland
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- Stazione Inanellamento c/o Dipartimento SEN-FIMIZO; Università di Palermo; Palermo Italy
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- Department of Zoology; Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities; Prusa 12 PL-08-110 Siedlce Poland
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- Department of Biometry & Evolutionary Biology; CNRS UMR5558; University of Lyon 1; F-69622 Villeurbanne France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Wilcza 64 PL-00-679 Warsaw Poland
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- Department of Biology (Ethology); Campus Drie Eiken, Building C B-2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk) Belgium
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- Section of Ecology; Department of Biology; University of Turku; FI-20014 Turku Finland
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- BioGéoSciences; UMR CNRS 5561; Université de Bourgogne; 6 Boulevard Gabriel F-21000 Dijon France
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- School of Bioscience; Cardiff University; S Glam Wales Cardiff CF10 3AX UK
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- Department of Biology; University of Oulu; FIN-90014 Oulu Finland
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- Departamento de Ecología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad de La Laguna; La Laguna Tenerife Canary Islands E-38260 Spain
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- Department of Natural and Social Sciences; University of Gloucestershire; Glos GL50 4AZ UK
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- Department of Zoology; Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology & Institute of Human Sciences; South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PS UK
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Wilcza 64 PL-00-679 Warsaw Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Department of Animal Ecology; Evolutionary Biology Centre; Uppsala University; SE-75236 Uppsala Sweden
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- Lancaster Environment Centre; Lancaster University; Lancaster LA1 4YQ UK
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique; UPS Toulouse III; Bât 4R1, salle 122, 118 route de Narbonne F-31062 Toulouse France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique; UPS Toulouse III; Bât 4R1, salle 122, 118 route de Narbonne F-31062 Toulouse France
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- Kilpisjarvi Biological Station; University of Helsinki; P.O.Box 17 Helsinki FIN-00014 Finland
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- Institute of Ecology of Nature Research Centre; Akademijos 2 LT-08412 Vilnius Lithuania
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- Ornithological Station; Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; PL-80-680 Gdansk Poland
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- Section of Ecology; Department of Biology; University of Turku; FI-20014 Turku Finland
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- Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences; University of Tartu; EE-51014 Tartu Estonia
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- Section of Ecology; Department of Biology; University of Turku; FI-20014 Turku Finland
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- Section of Ecology; Department of Biology; University of Turku; FI-20014 Turku Finland
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- Department of Biology; University of Oulu; FIN-90014 Oulu Finland
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- Department of Animal Ecology; Evolutionary Biology Centre; Uppsala University; SE-75236 Uppsala Sweden
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- Lancaster Environment Centre; Lancaster University; Lancaster LA1 4YQ UK
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- Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences; University of Tartu; EE-51014 Tartu Estonia
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- Stazione Inanellamento c/o Dipartimento SEN-FIMIZO; Università di Palermo; Palermo Italy
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology; Polish Academy of Sciences; Wilcza 64 PL-00-679 Warsaw Poland
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Rodrígues, CSIC; C/Josí Gutiírrez Abascal 2 E-28002 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Zoology; Rzeszów University; Zelwerowicza 4 PL-35-601 Rzeszów Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences; University of Jyväskylä; POB 35 FIN-40014 Jyväskylä Finland
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Rodrígues, CSIC; C/Josí Gutiírrez Abascal 2 E-28002 Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales; Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Rodrígues, CSIC; C/Josí Gutiírrez Abascal 2 E-28002 Madrid Spain
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine; University of Glasgow; Graham Kerr Building Glasgow G12 8QQ UK
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- Animal Ecology; Lund University; Ecology Building SE-223 62 Lund Sweden
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- Animal Ecology; Lund University; Ecology Building SE-223 62 Lund Sweden
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- Department of Life Sciences; Institute of Marine Research; University of Coimbra; Apartado 3046 PT-3001-401 Coimbra Portugal
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- Department of Biology; University of Oulu; FIN-90014 Oulu Finland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Department of Zoology; Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology & Institute of Human Sciences; South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PS UK
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais; Instituto Superior de Agronomia; University of Lisbon; PT-1349-017 Lisbon Portugal
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- Department of Biology (Ethology); Campus Drie Eiken, Building C B-2610 Antwerp (Wilrijk) Belgium
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- Latvian Fund for Nature; Dzirnavu Street 73-2 Riga LV-1011 Latvia
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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- Laboratory of Ornithology; Department of Zoology; Palacky University; CZ-77146 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Institute of Ecology & Evolution (IEE); University of Bern; CH-3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Group; University of Antwerp; Campus CGB B-2020 Antwerp Belgium
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- Stn. Ecol. Expt.; CNRS; Moulis USR2936; F-09200 St. Girons France
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- Department of Biology; University of Oulu; FIN-90014 Oulu Finland
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- Unidad Asociada CSIC de Ecología Evolutiva y de la Conducta; Nat-Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona; Barcelona Spain
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- Department of Life Sciences; Institute of Marine Research; University of Coimbra; Apartado 3046 PT-3001-401 Coimbra Portugal
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- Department of Biosciences; University of Oslo; Oslo Norway
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- Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy; Neitsytsaarentie 7b B 147 FIN-00960 Helsinki Finland
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- School of Life Sciences; University of Sussex; Falmer Brighton Sussex BN1 9QG UK
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- Behavioral Ecology Group; Department of Systematic Zoology & Ecology; Eotvos Lorand University; H-1117 Budapest Hungary
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- Institute of Zoology; Poznan University of Life Sciences; Wojska Polskiego 71 C PL-60-625 Poznań Poland
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- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW); Doevendaalsesteg, 10 NL-6708 BP Wageningen the Netherlands
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- Environmental and Marine Biology; Åbo Akademi University; Artillerigatan 6 Biocity FI-20520 Åbo Finland
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- Department of Zoology; Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities; Prusa 12 PL-08-110 Siedlce Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive; CEFEUMR5175; Campus CNRS, 1919 route deMende F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 France
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Auld JR, Perrins CM, Charmantier A. Who wears the pants in a mute swan pair? Deciphering the effects of male and female age and identity on breeding success. J Anim Ecol 2013; 82:826-35. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Josh R. Auld
- Department of Biology; West Chester University; 750 S. Church St.; West Chester; PA; USA
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- Department of Zoology; Edward Grey Institute; University of Oxford; South Parks Road; Oxford; OX1 3PS; UK
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - UMR 5175; Campus CNRS; 1919 Route de Mende; Montpellier Cedex 5; 34293; France
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Doligez B, Clobert J, Pettifor RA, Rowcliffe M, Gustafsson L, Perrins CM, McCleery RH. Costs of reproduction: Assessing responses to brood size manipulation on life-history and behavioural traits using multi-state capture-recapture models. J Appl Stat 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/02664760120108845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Dawson A, Perrins CM, Sharp PJ, Wheeler D, Groves S. The involvement of prolactin in avian molt: the effects of gender and breeding success on the timing of molt in Mute swans (Cygnus olor). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2009; 161:267-70. [PMID: 19523387 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2008] [Revised: 01/20/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that decreasing plasma prolactin stimulates or permits the initiation of avian molt. Changes in the concentration of plasma prolactin in Mute swans (Cygnus olor) were compared in non-breeding singletons and breeding pairs. In breeding swans, the onset of molt is delayed compared to non-breeders, and is delayed further in breeding males compared to their female partners. The seasonal decrease in prolactin in non-breeding birds of both sexes started at the end of May and was associated with the initiation of molt 4 weeks later. The decrease in plasma prolactin in incubating females was more pronounced, as a consequence of increased prolactin secretion associated with incubation behavior, but also started at end of May, and was associated the onset of molt 6 weeks later. In breeding males, plasma prolactin increased at the end of May when they started to care for their newly hatched cygnets. Correspondingly, prolactin began to decrease 3-5 weeks later in males than in females. These males started to molt in mid August, at least 4 weeks later than females. It is concluded that molt is related to decreasing plasma prolactin, and is inhibited when plasma prolactin is increasing or high.
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- A Dawson
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Midlothian, UK.
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Guilford T, Meade J, Willis J, Phillips RA, Boyle D, Roberts S, Collett M, Freeman R, Perrins CM. Migration and stopover in a small pelagic seabird, the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus: insights from machine learning. Proc Biol Sci 2009; 276:1215-23. [PMID: 19141421 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The migratory movements of seabirds (especially smaller species) remain poorly understood, despite their role as harvesters of marine ecosystems on a global scale and their potential as indicators of ocean health. Here we report a successful attempt, using miniature archival light loggers (geolocators), to elucidate the migratory behaviour of the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus, a small (400 g) Northern Hemisphere breeding procellariform that undertakes a trans-equatorial, trans-Atlantic migration. We provide details of over-wintering areas, of previously unobserved marine stopover behaviour, and the long-distance movements of females during their pre-laying exodus. Using salt-water immersion data from a subset of loggers, we introduce a method of behaviour classification based on Bayesian machine learning techniques. We used both supervised and unsupervised machine learning to classify each bird's daily activity based on simple properties of the immersion data. We show that robust activity states emerge, characteristic of summer feeding, winter feeding and active migration. These can be used to classify probable behaviour throughout the annual cycle, highlighting the likely functional significance of stopovers as refuelling stages.
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- T Guilford
- Animal Behaviour Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.
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McCleery RH, Perrins CM, Sheldon BC, Charmantier A. Age-specific reproduction in a long-lived species: the combined effects of senescence and individual quality. Proc Biol Sci 2008; 275:963-70. [PMID: 18230597 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Apparent changes in breeding performance with age measured at the population level can be due to changes in individual capacity at different ages, or to the differential survival of individuals with different capabilities. Estimating the relative importance of the two is important for understanding ageing patterns in natural populations, but there are few studies of such populations in which these effects have been disentangled. We analysed laying date and clutch size as measures of individual performance in a population of mute swans (Cygnus olor) studied over 25 years at Abbotsbury, UK. On both measures of breeding performance, individuals tended to improve up to the age of 6 or 7, and to decline after about the age of 12. Individuals with longer lifespans performed better at all ages (earlier laying, larger clutches) than animals that ceased breeding earlier. We conclude that the apparent mean increase in performance with age in mute swans is due to both individual improvement and differential survival of individuals who perform well, while the decline in older age groups is due to individual loss of function. Our results underline the need to take individual differences into account when testing hypotheses about life histories in wild populations.
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- R H McCleery
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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McCleery RH, Pettifor RA, Armbruster P, Meyer K, Sheldon BC, Perrins CM. Components of variance underlying fitness in a natural population of the great tit Parus major. Am Nat 2004; 164:E62-72. [PMID: 15478083 DOI: 10.1086/422660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2004] [Accepted: 03/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Traits that are closely associated with fitness tend to have lower heritabilities (h2) than those that are not. This has been interpreted as evidence that natural selection tends to deplete genetic variation more rapidly for traits more closely associated with fitness (a corollary of Fisher's fundamental theorem), but Price and Schluter (1991) suggested the pattern might be due to higher residual variance in traits more closely related to fitness. The relationship between 10 different traits for females, seven traits for males, and overall fitness (lifetime recruitment) was quantified for great tits (Parus major) studied in their natural environment of Wytham Wood, England, using data collected over 39 years. Heritabilities and the coefficients of additive genetic and residual variance (CVA and CVR, respectively) were estimated using an "animal model." For both males and females, a trait's correlation (r) with fitness was negatively related to its h2 but positively related to its CVR. The CVA was not related to the trait's correlation with fitness in either sex. This is the third study using directly measured fitness in a wild population to show the important role of residual variation in determining the pattern of lower heritabilities for traits more closely related to fitness.
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- R H McCleery
- Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom.
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Following bans on the use of most lead angling weights, the incidence of lead poisoning cases in Mute Swans started to fall and the population started to increase. However, surveys of lead levels in blood of rescued swans continue to show that a high proportion of the birds are carrying levels in excess of 1.21 mol/l. Since rescued swans, although rescued for many different reasons, might be a biased sample, a survey was made of apparently healthy birds living in flocks in the summer. These too showed that a high percentage of the birds in most of the flocks sampled had blood lead levels in excess of 1.21 mol/l. No source of this lead has been identified other than lead fishing weights; these may be long-lost leads, current, but illegally used weights or "dust-shot" which it is still legal to use. Although many of the birds sampled are carrying lead burdens that are probably not harmful, others are seriously affected. Except in the most serious cases, it is not possible to recognise birds with elevated lead levels without taking a blood sample for assay.
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- C M Perrins
- Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK OX1 3PS.
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Hatchwell BJ, Wood MJ, Anwar M, Perrins CM. The prevalence and ecology of the haematozoan parasites of European blackbirds, Turdus merula. CAN J ZOOL 2000. [DOI: 10.1139/z99-228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The prevalence and ecology of the haematozoan parasites of a rural population of European blackbirds, Turdus merula, were investigated. Parasites belonging to eight species from four genera (Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Trypanosoma) were identified. Prevalence was high: 83% of adults and 80% of juveniles were infected by at least one species of haematozoa, but no parasites were detected in 8-day-old nestlings. There were no sex differences in infection rates and only Plasmodium infection varied with age among adult blackbirds. Haemo proteus infections increased and Plasmodium infections decreased through the sampling period (January to July), but infections with other haematozoa showed no seasonal change. Haemoproteus and Plasmodium were negatively associated with each other, even during the period when infections by both genera were frequent in the study population.
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Only environmental conditions occurring at the time of breeding have been shown to affect clutch size in birds, even though conditions experienced during growth are known to affect body size or egg size. We show here that environmental conditions experienced during early life can affect clutch size in captive zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and wild great tits (Parus major). Not only do factors outside the immediate breeding season affect clutch size, but clutch size control mechanism is permanently influenced by conditions experienced during ontogeny.
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- S Haywood
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, U.K
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Kirkwood JK, Cunningham AA, Hawkey C, Howlett J, Perrins CM. Hematology of fledgling Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus) with and without 'puffinosis'. J Wildl Dis 1995; 31:96-8. [PMID: 7563435 DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-31.1.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hematological parameters were measured in 14 fledgling Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus), with the disease puffinosis and in 10 birds that did not have the disease, on the Island of Skomer between 2 and 11 September 1991. The mean plasma fibrinogen concentration was significantly higher in the diseased birds and some of these had abnormally elevated monocyte counts. No other significant differences were observed.
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- J K Kirkwood
- Veterinary Science Group, Institute of Zoology, London, United Kingdom
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