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Fortuna R, Paquet M, Biard C, Élard L, Ferreira AC, Leroux-Coyaux M, Parenteau C, Silva LR, Théron F, Covas R, Doutrelant C. Egg components and offspring survival vary with group size and laying order in a cooperative breeder. Oecologia 2023; 202:129-142. [PMID: 37148378 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-023-05379-w] [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: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
Prenatal resource allocation to offspring can be influenced by maternal environment and offspring value, and affect offspring survival. An important pathway for flexible maternal allocation is via egg components such as nutrients and hormones. In cooperative breeders, females with helpers may increase resource allocation to eggs-'differential allocation'-or reduce it-'load-lightening'. Yet, helper effects on egg composition have been poorly studied. Moreover, it is unknown how helpers' presence modulates laying order effects on egg content and survival. Here, we investigated how maternal allocation varied with group size and laying order in the cooperatively breeding sociable weaver (Philetairus socius). We estimated interactive effects of helpers and laying order on allocation to egg mass, yolk nutrients-yolk mass, proteins, lipids, carotenoids, vitamin A and vitamin E-and hormones-testosterone, androstenedione, and corticosterone. Results concurred with the 'differential allocation' predictions. Females with more helpers produced later-laid eggs with heavier yolks and more lipids, and laid eggs overall richer in lipids. Proteins, antioxidants, and hormones were not found to vary with helper number. We then analyzed how helper number modulated laying order effects on survival. Females with more helpers did not specifically produce later-laid eggs with higher survival, but eggs laid by females with more helpers were overall more likely to fledge. These findings show that some egg components (yolk mass, lipids) can positively vary according to females' breeding group size, which may improve offspring fitness.
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- Rita Fortuna
- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4099-002, Porto, Portugal.
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, 34293, Montpellier, France.
- Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Institutt for Biologi, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
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- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7044, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden
- Institute of Mathematics of Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, Talence, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, IEES, 75005, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, IEES, 75005, Paris, France
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, 34293, Montpellier, France
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, IEES, 75005, Paris, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, CNRS-La Rochelle Université, Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, 34293, Montpellier, France
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- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, InBIO Laboratório Associado, Campus de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning, CIBIO, Campus de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, 34293, Montpellier, France
- DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Monniez E, Jiguet F, Vignal C, Biard C. Differential effects of anthropogenic noise and vegetation cover on the breeding phenology and success of two urban passerines. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1058584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The urban environment is associated with a multitude of challenges and stressors for populations of wild species from the surrounding natural environment. Among those, habitat fragmentation and noise pollution are suspected to have negative effects on the behavior and physiology of free-living birds in urban areas. Exposure in early life and chronic exposure to anthropogenic noise could be particularly deleterious, with short-and long-term consequences. In this study, we investigated if noise levels in city parks affect the distribution and reproductive success of two common bird species in the urban environment, the great tit (Parus major) and the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) and if vegetation cover could mitigate those effects. We predicted that high noise levels might correlate with a decreased nest-box occupancy rate, a delayed laying date or a decreased clutch size, hatching, and fledging success. On the contrary, vegetation cover was expected to correlate positively with nest occupancy rate, advanced laying date, increased clutch size, hatching, and fledging success. We used data from population monitoring collected between 2012 and 2019 in parks and green public spaces in the city center and suburbs of Paris, France, and did not find any correlation between nest occupancy rates and noise levels or vegetation cover for both species. Laying date was not significantly related to anthropogenic noise in any species but was delayed with increasing vegetation cover in the great tit, while we did not find any association with clutch size. Hatching success in blue tits negatively correlated with increasing noise levels, and positively with increasing vegetation coverage. Finally, we did not find any correlation between anthropogenic noise or vegetation cover and the clutch size or fledging success in both species. In this study, two closely related species that share a common environment show a different sensibility to environmental parameters during reproduction, a key period for population maintenance. It also highlights the importance of considering multiple parameters when studying wild populations living in the urban environment.
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Biard C, Monceau K, Teixeira M, Motreuil S, Bettencourt-Amarante S, Develay L, Moreau J. Coccidial oocyst release: once a day or all day long? Tropical bird hosts shed new light on the adaptive significance of diurnal periodicity in parasite output. Parasitology 2022; 149:469-481. [PMID: 34814964 PMCID: PMC11010494 DOI: 10.1017/s003118202100202x] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Many parasites spend part of their life cycle as infectious forms released from an infected host in the external environment, where they may encounter and infect new hosts. The emergence of infectious life stages often occurs once a day to minimize mortality in adverse environments. In bird hosts, intestinal parasites such as coccidia are generally released with feces in the late afternoon. This dynamic is adaptive since it allows avoiding desiccation and ultraviolet (UV) radiation, thus reducing mortality of oocysts in the environment until transmission to the next host. If this circadian rhythm is the result of natural selection to increase oocyst survival, we may hypothesize that oocysts will appear in feces at different times depending on the environment where hosts live. Particularly, in an environment where UV radiation and desiccation are very low, we may expect oocyst circadian release to disappear since the main selective pressure would be relaxed. We sampled different species of birds in tropical and temperate forests in spring and investigated coccidian oocyst output. A strong circadian variation in the prevalence of hosts shedding coccidian oocyst was detected for species caught in the temperate forest with an increase in prevalence in the late afternoon, whereas prevalence of birds shedding oocysts was constant over the course of the day for most species sampled in the tropical rain forest. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that oocysts’ circadian output is maintained by natural selection to increase oocyst survival. We discuss the adaptive significance of diurnal periodicity in parasite output.
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- Clotilde Biard
- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, F-75005Paris, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS and La Rochelle Université, 79360Villiers-en-bois, France
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- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
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- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
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- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372, CNRS and La Rochelle Université, 79360Villiers-en-bois, France
- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France
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Molbert N, Agostini S, Alliot F, Angelier F, Biard C, Decencière B, Leroux-Coyau M, Millot A, Ribout C, Goutte A. Parasitism reduces oxidative stress of fish host experimentally exposed to PAHs. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 219:112322. [PMID: 33991931 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Some parasites are known to bioaccumulate some environmental pollutants within their host. We hypothesized that these parasites may be beneficial for their hosts in polluted environments. We experimentally increased long-term (five weeks) exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, three levels: 0.1X, 1X, 10X environmental exposure) in European chubs (Squalius cephalus) that were naturally infected or uninfected with acanthocephalan parasites. We monitored PAHs levels in fish tissues, as well as oxidative stress, telomere length and condition indices. Although parasite infection did not significantly reduce the levels of PAHs and PAH metabolites in host tissues, host oxidative status was explained by parasitism and pollution levels. Oxidative damage increased with parasitism in fish exposed to low PAH levels (0.1X) but decreased in infected fish at higher PAH exposure (10X), thus corroborating our hypothesis. Meanwhile, antioxidant capacity did not differ in response to parasite infection nor PAHs exposure. Despite this imbalance in oxidative status, experimental increase in PAH levels did not compromise telomere length, body condition, or survival in infected and uninfected fish. This study provides the first experimental evidence that the outcome of host-parasite interactions can shift from negative to positive as pollutant exposure increases.
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- Noëlie Molbert
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR METIS, F-75005, Paris, France.
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- CNRS ENS, UMS 3194, CEREEP-Ecotron Ile De France-Ecole Normale Supérieure, St-Pierre-lès-Nemours 77140, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR METIS, F-75005, Paris, France; METIS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université PSL, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS, La Rochelle Université, F-79360, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, F-75005, Paris, France
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- CNRS ENS, UMS 3194, CEREEP-Ecotron Ile De France-Ecole Normale Supérieure, St-Pierre-lès-Nemours 77140, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, F-75005, Paris, France
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- CNRS ENS, UMS 3194, CEREEP-Ecotron Ile De France-Ecole Normale Supérieure, St-Pierre-lès-Nemours 77140, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 CNRS, La Rochelle Université, F-79360, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR METIS, F-75005, Paris, France; METIS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, Université PSL, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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Salmón P, Jacobs A, Ahrén D, Biard C, Dingemanse NJ, Dominoni DM, Helm B, Lundberg M, Senar JC, Sprau P, Visser ME, Isaksson C. Continent-wide genomic signatures of adaptation to urbanisation in a songbird across Europe. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2983. [PMID: 34016968 PMCID: PMC8137928 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23027-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [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: 05/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Urbanisation is increasing worldwide, and there is now ample evidence of phenotypic changes in wild organisms in response to this novel environment. Yet, the genetic changes and genomic architecture underlying these adaptations are poorly understood. Here, we genotype 192 great tits (Parus major) from nine European cities, each paired with an adjacent rural site, to address this major knowledge gap in our understanding of wildlife urban adaptation. We find that a combination of polygenic allele frequency shifts and recurrent selective sweeps are associated with the adaptation of great tits to urban environments. While haplotypes under selection are rarely shared across urban populations, selective sweeps occur within the same genes, mostly linked to neural function and development. Collectively, we show that urban adaptation in a widespread songbird occurs through unique and shared selective sweeps in a core-set of behaviour-linked genes.
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- Pablo Salmón
- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden ,grid.8756.c0000 0001 2193 314XInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- grid.8756.c0000 0001 2193 314XInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- grid.462350.6Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d’Écologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris, iEES Paris, F-75005 Paris, France
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- grid.8756.c0000 0001 2193 314XInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- grid.8756.c0000 0001 2193 314XInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK ,grid.4830.f0000 0004 0407 1981Present Address: GELIFES - Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- grid.507605.10000 0001 1958 5537Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- grid.5252.00000 0004 1936 973XDepartment of Biology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- grid.418375.c0000 0001 1013 0288Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, Netherlands
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- grid.4514.40000 0001 0930 2361Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Møller AP, Balbontín J, Dhondt AA, Adriaensen F, Artemyev A, Bańbura J, Barba E, Biard C, Blondel J, Bouvier J, Camprodon J, Cecere F, Charter M, Cichoń M, Cusimano C, Dubiec A, Doligez B, Eens M, Eeva T, Ferns PN, Forsman JT, Goldshtein A, Goodenough AE, Gosler AG, Gustafsson L, Harnist I, Hartley IR, Heeb P, Hinsley SA, Jacob S, Järvinen A, Juškaitis R, Korpimäki E, Krams I, Laaksonen T, Leclercq B, Lehikoinen E, Loukola O, Mainwaring MC, Mänd R, Massa B, Matthysen E, Mazgajski TD, Merino S, Mitrus C, Mönkkönen M, Nager RG, Nilsson J, Nilsson SG, Norte AC, von Numers M, Orell M, Pimentel CS, Pinxten R, Priedniece I, Remeš V, Richner H, Robles H, Rytkönen S, Senar JC, Seppänen JT, da Silva LP, Slagsvold T, Solonen T, Sorace A, Stenning MJ, Török J, Tryjanowski P, van Noordwijk AJ, Walankiewicz W, Lambrechts MM. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction. OIKOS 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.07305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Anders Pape Møller
- Ecologie Systematique Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Univ. Paris-Saclay Orsay Cedex France
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal Univ. Beijing PR China
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- Inst. of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences (IB KRC RAS) Russia
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- Dept of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Łodź Łodź Poland
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- Terrestrial Vertebrates Research Unit ‘Cavanilles’, Inst. of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Valencia Paterna Spain
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- Sorbonne Univ., UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Inst. d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, iEES Paris Paris France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Montpellier France
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- Àrea de Biodiversitat, Grup de Biologia de la Conservació, Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya Solsona Spain
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- Shamir Research Institute and Dept of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Univ. of Haifa Haifa Israel
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- Jagiellonian Univ., Inst. of Environmental Sciences Krakow Poland
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- CNRS, Dept of Biometry and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. de Lyon Villeurbanne France
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- Museum and Inst. of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
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- Dept of Biology, Univ. of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
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- Dept of Biology, Univ. of Turku Turku Finland
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- Cardiff Univ., School of Biosciences, Cardiff S Glam Wales
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- Dept of Natural and Social Sciences, Univ. of Gloucestershire Cheltenham UK
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- Dept of Zoology, Edward Grey Inst. of Field Ornithology and Inst. of Human Sciences Oxford UK
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- Dept of Ecology and Genetics/Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala Univ. Uppsala Sweden
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- Museum and Inst. of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw Poland
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster Univ. Lancaster UK
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, UPS Toulouse III Toulouse France
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- Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale Moulis France
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- Univ. Tartu, Inst. of Ecology and Earth Sciences Tartu Estonia
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- Dept of Ecology and Genetics, Univ. of Oulu Finland
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- Univ. Tartu, Inst. of Ecology and Earth Sciences Tartu Estonia
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- CSIC, Depto de Ecología Evolutiva Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas CSIC Madrid Spain
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- Dept of Vertebrate Ecology and Palaeontology, Wrocław Univ. of Environmental and Life Sciences Wrocław Poland
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- Univ. of Jyväskylä, Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Jyväskylä Finland
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- Inst. of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Univ. of Glasgow Glasgow UK
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- MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Dept of Life Sciences, Univ. of Coimbra Coimbra Portugal
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- Dept of Ecology and Genetics, Univ. of Oulu Finland
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Univ. of Lisbon Lisbon Portugal
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- Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Research Group, Dept of Biology, Wilrijk and Faculty of Social Sciences, Research Unit Didactica, Univ. of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
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- Laboratory of Ornithology, Dept of Zoology, Palacky Univ. Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Univ. of Bern, Inst. of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) Bern Switzerland
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group (GIBE), Falculty of Sciences, Univ. of A Coruña A Coruña Spain
- Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), Dept of Biology, Univ. of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
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- Unidad de Ecología Evolutiva y de la Conducta, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona Barcelona Spain
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- Univ. of Jyväskylä, Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Jyväskylä Finland
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- CIBIO-InBIO, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Univ. of Porto Vairão Portugal
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- Dept of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, ELTE Eötvös Lorand Univ. Budapest Hungary
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175, Campus CNRS Montpellier France
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Molbert N, Alliot F, Leroux-Coyau M, Médoc V, Biard C, Meylan S, Jacquin L, Santos R, Goutte A. Potential Benefits of Acanthocephalan Parasites for Chub Hosts in Polluted Environments. Environ Sci Technol 2020; 54:5540-5549. [PMID: 32267695 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Some parasites are expected to have beneficial impacts on wild populations in polluted environments because of their bioaccumulation potential of pollutants from their hosts. The fate of organic micropollutants in host-parasite systems and the combined effect of parasitism and pollution were investigated in chub Squalius cephalus, a freshwater fish, infected (n = 73) or uninfected (n = 45) by acanthocephalan parasites Pomphorhynchus sp. from differently contaminated riverine sites. Several ubiquitous pollutants (polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polybrominated diphenyl-ethers (PBDEs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), phthalates, insecticides, pyrethroids, and N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET)) and some of their metabolites were characterized for the first time in parasites and various fish matrices (muscle, liver, and stomach content). Most organic pollutants reached higher levels in parasites than in chub matrices. In contrast, metabolite levels were lower in parasite tissues compared to fish matrices. Infected and uninfected chub exhibited no significant differences in their pollutant load. Body condition, organo-somatic indices, and immunity were not affected by parasitism, and few correlations were found with chemical pollution. Interestingly, infected chub exhibited lower oxidative damage compared to uninfected fish, irrespective of their pollutant load. In light of these results, this correlative study supports the hypothesis that acanthocephalan parasites could bring benefits to their hosts to cope with organic pollution.
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- Noëlie Molbert
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR METIS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR METIS, F-75005 Paris, France
- EPHE, PSL Research University, UMR METIS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Equipe Neuro Ethologie Sensorielle, ENES/Neuro-PSI CNRS UMR 9197, Université de Lyon/Saint-Etienne, F-42100 Saint-Etienne, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Evolution & Diversité Biologique EDB, UMR 5174, Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier; UPS; CNRS; IRD, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Ecology and Engineering of Aquatic Systems Research Group, HEPIA, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, CH-1254 Jussy, Switzerland
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, EPHE, UMR METIS, F-75005 Paris, France
- EPHE, PSL Research University, UMR METIS, F-75005 Paris, France
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Bleu J, Agostini S, Angelier F, Biard C. Experimental increase in temperature affects eggshell thickness, and not egg mass, eggshell spottiness or egg composition in the great tit (Parus major). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2019; 275:73-81. [PMID: 30735670 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Phenotypic effects of global warming have been documented in many different taxa. However, the importance of transgenerational phenotypic plasticity in these adaptations are seldom studied. In birds, temperature could affect egg characteristics. Higher temperatures during egg-laying may reduce maintenance costs for females and allow a higher investment in reproduction. Yet, females may also use temperatures as a cue for the risk of mismatch latter in the season. Thus, higher temperatures may be correlated to an acceleration of embryonic development (e.g. via hormonal manipulation). We performed an experiment in which night-time temperature was increased in the nestbox by approximately 1 °C throughout the entire laying period in great tits (Parus major). We collected one pre-treatment egg (beginning of the laying sequence) and one post-treatment egg (end of the laying sequence). Egg content (yolk androgens and lysozymes in the albumen), eggshell coloration, eggshell mass, egg mass, and shape were not affected by the treatment. However, last-laid eggs in clutches from control nestboxes had a thicker eggshell than last-laid eggs from heated nestboxes, suggesting a putative slight decrease of maternal investment with the experimental increase of temperature. We also observed effects of the laying sequence on egg characteristics. Eggs that were laid late in the laying sequence were heavier, larger, had larger spots and higher yolk androgens than eggs laid earlier. Lysozyme concentration decrease with the laying sequence in late clutches only. Thus, effects of temperature may also change with the laying sequence and it would be interesting in the future to tests the effects on first-laid eggs.
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- Josefa Bleu
- Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC, UMR 7178, F-67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- CEREEP-Ecotron Ile-de-France, UMS 3194, École Normale Supérieure, St-Pierre-les-Nemours, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 - CNRS & Université de la Rochelle, 79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris-Est Créteil, UMR 7618, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 75005 Paris, France
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Møller AP, Balbontín J, Dhondt AA, Remeš V, Adriaensen F, Biard C, Camprodon J, Cichoń M, Doligez B, Dubiec A, Eens M, Eeva T, Goodenough AE, Gosler AG, Gustafsson L, Heeb P, Hinsley SA, Jacob S, Juškaitis R, Laaksonen T, Leclercq B, Massa B, Mazgajski TD, Nager RG, Nilsson JÅ, Nilsson SG, Norte AC, Pinxten R, Robles H, Solonen T, Sorace A, van Noordwijk AJ, Lambrechts MM. Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds. J Anim Ecol 2018; 87:1738-1748. [PMID: 30101503 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Coexistence between great tits Parus major and blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus, but also other hole-nesting taxa, constitutes a classic example of species co-occurrence resulting in potential interference and exploitation competition for food and for breeding and roosting sites. However, the spatial and temporal variations in coexistence and its consequences for competition remain poorly understood. We used an extensive database on reproduction in nest boxes by great and blue tits based on 87 study plots across Europe and Northern Africa during 1957-2012 for a total of 19,075 great tit and 16,729 blue tit clutches to assess correlative evidence for a relationship between laying date and clutch size, respectively, and density consistent with effects of intraspecific and interspecific competition. In an initial set of analyses, we statistically controlled for a suite of site-specific variables. We found evidence for an effect of intraspecific competition on blue tit laying date (later laying at higher density) and clutch size (smaller clutch size at higher density), but no evidence of significant effects of intraspecific competition in great tits, nor effects of interspecific competition for either species. To further control for site-specific variation caused by a range of potentially confounding variables, we compared means and variances in laying date and clutch size of great and blue tits among three categories of difference in density between the two species. We exploited the fact that means and variances are generally positively correlated. If interspecific competition occurs, we predicted a reduction in mean and an increase in variance in clutch size in great tit and blue tit when density of heterospecifics is higher than the density of conspecifics, and for intraspecific competition, this reduction would occur when density of conspecifics is higher than the density of heterospecifics. Such comparisons of temporal patterns of means and variances revealed evidence, for both species, consistent with intraspecific competition and to a smaller extent with interspecific competition. These findings suggest that competition associated with reproductive behaviour between blue and great tits is widespread, but also varies across large spatial and temporal scales.
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- Anders Pape Møller
- Ecologie Systematique Evolution, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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- Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Ornithology, Department of Zoology, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- IEES-Paris - Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UPEC, Paris, France
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- Àrea de Biodiversitat, Grup de Biologia de la Conservació, Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya, Solsona, Spain
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR 5558, Université Lyon 1, Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne Cedex, 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 & Ecophysiology Group, Campus Drie Eiken, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
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- Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology & Institute of Human Sciences, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biolpgy Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, UPS Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- Station d'Ecologie Expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis, USR CNRS 2936, Moulis, France
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- Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Agricultural, Food 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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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Biodiversity, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, Behavioural Ecology & Ecophysiology Group, Campus Drie Eiken, Antwerp, Belgium.,Faculty of Social Sciences, Didactica Research Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group (GIBE), Faculty of Sciences, University of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.,Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Senar JC, Garamszegi LZ, Tilgar V, Biard C, Moreno-Rueda G, Salmón P, Rivas JM, Sprau P, Dingemanse NJ, Charmantier A, Demeyrier V, Navalpotro H, Isaksson C. Urban Great Tits (Parus major) Show Higher Distress Calling and Pecking Rates than Rural Birds across Europe. Front Ecol Evol 2017. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Biard C, Brischoux F, Meillère A, Michaud B, Nivière M, Ruault S, Vaugoyeau M, Angelier F. Growing in Cities: An Urban Penalty for Wild Birds? A Study of Phenotypic Differences between Urban and Rural Great Tit Chicks (Parus major). Front Ecol Evol 2017. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Bleu J, Agostini S, Biard C. Nest-box temperature affects clutch size, incubation initiation, and nestling health in great tits. Behav Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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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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Vaugoyeau M, Decencière B, Perret S, Karadas F, Meylan S, Biard C. Is oxidative status influenced by dietary carotenoid and physical activity after moult in the great tit (Parus major)? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 218:2106-15. [PMID: 25964421 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.111039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In the context of sexual and natural selection, an allocation trade-off for carotenoid pigments may exist because of their obligate dietary origin and their role both in the antioxidant and immune systems and in the production of coloured signals in various taxa, particularly birds. When birds have expended large amounts of carotenoids to feather growth such as after autumn moult, bird health and oxidative status might be more constrained. We tested this hypothesis in a bird species with carotenoid-based plumage colour, by manipulating dietary carotenoids and physical activity, which can decrease antioxidant capacity and increase reactive oxygen metabolite (ROM) concentration. Great tits were captured after moult and kept in aviaries, under three treatments: physical handicap and dietary supplementation with carotenoids, physical handicap and control diet, and no handicap and control diet. We measured plasma composition (antioxidant capacity, ROM concentration, and vitamin A, vitamin E and total carotenoid concentrations), immune system activation (blood sedimentation) and stress response (heterophil/lymphocyte ratio) and predicted that handicap treatment should influence these negatively and carotenoid supplementation positively. Coloration of yellow feathers was also measured. Carotenoid supplementation increased total plasma carotenoid concentration, decreased feather carotenoid chroma and marginally increased ROM concentration. Handicap increased blood sedimentation only in males but had no clear influence on oxidative stress, which contradicted previous studies. Further studies are needed to investigate how physical activity and carotenoid availability might interact and influence oxidative stress outside the moult period, and their combined potential influence on attractiveness and reproductive investment later during the breeding season.
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- Marie Vaugoyeau
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, 7 Quai St Bernard, Paris F-75005, France
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- CNRS ENS, UMS 3194, CEREEP - Ecotron IleDeFrance, Ecole Normale Supérieure, St-Pierre-lès-Nemours 77140, France
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- CNRS ENS, UMS 3194, CEREEP - Ecotron IleDeFrance, Ecole Normale Supérieure, St-Pierre-lès-Nemours 77140, France
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Yüzüncü Yil, 65080 Van, Turkey
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, 7 Quai St Bernard, Paris F-75005, France ESPE de Paris, Université Sorbonne Paris IV, 10 rue Molitor, Paris 75016, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, 7 Quai St Bernard, Paris F-75005, France
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Biard C, Monceau K, Motreuil S, Moreau J. Interpreting immunological indices: The importance of taking parasite community into account. An example in blackbirds
Turdus merula. Methods Ecol Evol 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Clotilde Biard
- Sorbonne Université UPMC Univ Paris 06 UPEC, Paris 7, CNRS, INRA, IRD Institut d'Écologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris F‐75005 Paris France
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- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences Equipe Ecologie‐Evolutive Université de Bourgogne 6 Bd Gabriel F‐21000 Dijon France
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- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences Equipe Ecologie‐Evolutive Université de Bourgogne 6 Bd Gabriel F‐21000 Dijon France
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- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences Equipe Ecologie‐Evolutive Université de Bourgogne 6 Bd Gabriel F‐21000 Dijon 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, 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, Góźdź I, Grégoire A, Gustafsson L, Hartley IR, Heeb P, Hinsley SA, Isenmann P, Jacob S, Järvinen A, Juškaitis R, 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, Morin X, Nager RG, Nilsson JÅ, Nilsson SG, Norte AC, Orell M, Perret P, Pimentel CS, Pinxten R, Priedniece I, Quidoz MC, Remeš V, Richner H, Robles H, Rytkönen S, Senar JC, Seppänen JT, da Silva LP, Slagsvold T, Solonen T, Sorace A, Stenning MJ, Török J, Tryjanowski P, van Noordwijk AJ, von Numers M, Walankiewicz W, Lambrechts MM. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds. Ecol Evol 2014; 4:3583-95. [PMID: 25478150 PMCID: PMC4224533 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [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: 05/13/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anders P Møller
- Laboratoire Ecologie, Systematique et Evolution, UMR 8079 CNRS-Université Paris-Sud XI-AgroParisTech Batiment 362 Université Paris-Sud XI, Orsay Cedex, F-91405, France
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- Evolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp Campus CGB, Antwerp, B-2020, Belgium
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- Russian Academy of Sciences, Karelian Research Centre, Instition of Biology Petrozavodsk, 185610, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Zoology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Łodź Banacha 12/16, Łodź, 90-237, 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, Paris Cedex 05, F-75252, France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5, F-34293, 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 Avignon, F-84000, 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, Solsona, E-25280, Spain
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34293, 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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- Institution of Environment 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, Siedlce, PL-08-110, Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34293, France
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- Univ Lyon 1, Department of Biometry & Evolutionary Biology, CNRS UMR 5558 Villeurbanne, F-69622, France
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34293, France
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences Wilcza 64, Warsaw, PL-00-679, Poland
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- Campus Drie Eiken, Department of Biology (Ethology) Building C, Antwerp (Wilrijk), B-2610, Belgium
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- Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku Turku, FI-20014, Finland
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- Université de Bourgogne, UMR CNRS 5561, BioGéoSciences 6 Boulevard Gabriel, Dijon, F-21000, France
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- School of Bioscience, Cardiff University Cardiff, CF10 3AX, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Oulu Oulu, FIN-90014, Finland
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- Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna La Laguna, E-38260, Spain
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- Department of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire, GL50 4AZ, U.K
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- Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology & Institute of Human Sciences South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, U.K
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- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences Wilcza 64, Warszawa, PL-00-679, Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, et Université de Montpellier II, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5, F-34293, France
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University Uppsala, SE-75236, Sweden
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, U.K
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, UPS Toulouse III, Bât 4R1, salle 122 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse, F-31062, France
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- CEH Wallingford Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, U.K
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34293, France
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- Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique, UPS Toulouse III, Bât 4R1, salle 122 118 route de Narbonne, Toulouse F-31062, France
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- University of Helsinki Kilpisjarvi Biological Station, P.O.Box 17, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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- Institute of Ecology of Nature Research Centre Akademijos 2, Vilnius, LT-08412, Lithuania
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- Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku Turku FI-20014, Finland
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- Institute of Ecology & Earth Sciences, University Tartu Tartu, EE-51014, Estonia
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- Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku Turku FI-20014, Finland
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- Crx. St. Pierre 6 rue Morcueil, Fleurey Sur Ouche, F-21410, France
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- Section of Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Turku Turku FI-20014, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Oulu Oulu, FI-90014, Finland
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- Department of Ecology & Evolution, Uppsala University Uppsala, S-75236, Sweden
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YQ, U.K
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu 46 Vanemuise Str., Tartu, EE-51014, 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 Warszawa PL-00-679, Poland
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- Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, E-28002, Spain
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- Department of Zoology, Rzeszów University Zelwerowicza 4, Rzeszów, PL-35-601, Poland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä POB 35, Jyväskylä, FIN-40014, Finland ; Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionelle & Evolutive, CNRS 1919 Route de Mende, Montpellier, France
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- Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, E-28006, Spain
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Campus CNRS 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5, F-34293, France
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, U.K
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- Ecology Building, Animal Ecology, Lund University Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Biodiversity, Lund University Ecology Building, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden
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- Department of Life Sciences, Institute of Marine Research, University of Coimbra Apartado 3046, Coimbra, PT-3001-401, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Oulu P.O. Box 3000, Oulu, FIN-90014, Finland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34293, France
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- Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon Lisbon, 1349-017, Portugal
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- Campus Drie Eiken, Department of Biology (Ethology), Building C Antwerp (Wilrijk) B-2610, 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, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34293, France
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- Laboratory of Ornithology, Department of Zoology, Palacky University Olomouc, CZ-77146, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Ecology & Evolution (IEE), University of Bern Bern, CH-3012, Switzerland
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- Falculty of Sciences, Evolutionary Ecology Group (GIBE), University of A Coruña Campus Zapateira, A Coruña, E-15008, Spain ; Evolutionary Ecology Group (EVECO), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp Middelheimcampus, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, B-2020, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, University of Oulu P. O. Box 3000, Oulu, FIN-90014, 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 Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department Life Science, IMAR CMA, University Coimbra Coimbra, PT-3004517, Portugal
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- Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy Neitsytsaarentie 7b B 147, Helsinki, FIN-00960, Finland
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex Brighton, Sussex, BN1 9QG, U.K
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- Behavioral Ecology Group, Department of Systematic Zoology & Ecology, Eötvös Lorand University Budapest, H-1117, Hungary
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- Institute of Zoology, Poznan University of Life Sciences Wojska Polskiego 71 C, Poznań, PL-60-625, Poland
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- Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Doevendaalsesteg, 10, Wageningen, NL-6708 BP, the Netherlands
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- Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University Artillerigatan 6, Biocity, Åbo, FI-20520, Finland
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- Department of Zoology, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Prusa 12 Siedlce PL-08-110, Poland
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- Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CEFE UMR 5175 Campus CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier Cedex 5 F-34293, 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]
Affiliation(s)
- 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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Stevenson R, Cook M, Webster G, Brennan M, Stange D, Wingate E, Biard C, Hickman M, Ghafoor Q. 168 Introduction of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) for early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at a tertiary referral centre – the Birmingham experience. Lung Cancer 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(14)70169-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Griggio M, Biard C, Penn DJ, Hoi H. Female house sparrows "count on" male genes: experimental evidence for MHC-dependent mate preference in birds. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:44. [PMID: 21320306 PMCID: PMC3044665 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Females can potentially assess the quality of potential mates using their secondary sexual traits, and obtain "good genes" that increase offspring fitness. Another potential indirect benefit from mating preferences is genetic compatibility, which does not require extravagant or viability indicator traits. Several studies with mammals and fish indicate that the genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) influence olfactory cues and mating preferences, and such preferences confer genetic benefits to offspring. We investigated whether individual MHC diversity (class I) influences mating preferences in house sparrows (Passer domesticus). Results Overall, we found no evidence that females preferred males with high individual MHC diversity. Yet, when we considered individual MHC allelic diversity of the females, we found that females with a low number of alleles were most attracted to males carrying a high number of MHC alleles, which might reflect a mating-up preference by allele counting. Conclusions This is the first experimental evidence for MHC-dependent mating preferences in an avian species to our knowledge. Our findings raise questions about the underlying mechanisms through which birds discriminate individual MHC diversity among conspecifics, and they suggest a novel mechanism through which mating preferences might promote the evolution of MHC polymorphisms and generate positive selection for duplicated MHC loci.
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- Matteo Griggio
- Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria.
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Brommer JE, Alho JS, Biard C, Chapman JR, Charmantier A, Dreiss A, Hartley IR, Hjernquist MB, Kempenaers B, Komdeur J, Laaksonen T, Lehtonen PK, Lubjuhn T, Patrick SC, Rosivall B, Tinbergen JM, van der Velde M, van Oers K, Wilk T, Winkel W. Passerine extrapair mating dynamics: a bayesian modeling approach comparing four species. Am Nat 2010; 176:178-87. [PMID: 20528475 DOI: 10.1086/653660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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In many socially monogamous animals, females engage in extrapair copulation (EPC), causing some broods to contain both within-pair and extrapair young (EPY). The proportion of all young that are EPY varies across populations and species. Because an EPC that does not result in EPY leaves no forensic trace, this variation in the proportion of EPY reflects both variation in the tendency to engage in EPC and variation in the extrapair fertilization (EPF) process across populations and species. We analyzed data on the distribution of EPY in broods of four passerines (blue tit, great tit, collared flycatcher, and pied flycatcher), with 18,564 genotyped nestlings from 2,346 broods in two to nine populations per species. Our Bayesian modeling approach estimated the underlying probability function of EPC (assumed to be a Poisson function) and conditional binomial EPF probability. We used an information theoretical approach to show that the expected distribution of EPC per female varies across populations but that EPF probabilities vary on the above-species level (tits vs. flycatchers). Hence, for these four passerines, our model suggests that the probability of an EPC mainly is determined by ecological (population-specific) conditions, whereas EPF probabilities reflect processes that are fixed above the species level.
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- Jon E Brommer
- Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
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Biard C, Saulnier N, Gaillard M, Moreau J. Carotenoid-based bill colour is an integrative signal of multiple parasite infection in blackbird. Naturwissenschaften 2010; 97:987-95. [DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0716-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Revised: 08/31/2010] [Accepted: 09/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Babin A, Biard C, Moret Y. Dietary Supplementation with Carotenoids Improves Immunity without Increasing Its Cost in a Crustacean. Am Nat 2010; 176:234-41. [DOI: 10.1086/653670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Biard C, Gil D, Karadaş F, Saino N, Spottiswoode CN, Surai PF, Møller AP. Maternal effects mediated by antioxidants and the evolution of carotenoid-based signals in birds. Am Nat 2009; 174:696-708. [PMID: 19780651 DOI: 10.1086/606021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Bright yellow to red signals used in mate choice or intrasexual competition are based on carotenoid pigments that are hypothesized to be traded between physiological functions and coloration. These signals have recently been shown to be influenced by maternal effects. Indeed, yolk-derived carotenoids are essential for embryos to develop efficient carotenoid metabolism in posthatching life. Maternal effects facilitate adaptation to environmental variability and influence the evolution of phenotypic traits such as secondary sexual signals. Here we propose that maternal investment in yolk carotenoids promotes the evolution of carotenoid-based ornaments. We conducted a comparative analysis of lipid-soluble antioxidants (carotenoids and vitamins A and E) in the eggs of 112 species of bird. Species with large clutch sizes deposited higher yolk concentrations of the three antioxidants. There was a significant positive relationship between yolk carotenoids and the expression of male carotenoid-based signals, but not between yolk carotenoids and sexual dichromatism in these signals. These relationships were specific to carotenoids, as they were not found for vitamins A and E. This provides evidence consistent with the hypothesis that maternal effects mediated by yolk carotenoids play a role in the evolution of carotenoid-based signals as a response to sexual selection, likely based on organizational effects of carotenoids during embryo development.
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- Clotilde Biard
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7103, Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, 7 quai Saint Bernard, F-75252 Paris, France.
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Biard C, Hardy C, Motreuil S, Moreau J. Dynamics of PHA-induced immune response and plasma carotenoids in birds: should we have a closer look? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 212:1336-43. [PMID: 19376954 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.028449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Allocation trade-offs of limited resources are thought to ensure the honesty of sexual signals and are often studied using controlled immune challenges. One such trade-off between immunity and ornaments is that involving carotenoids. Phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-induced immune response is a widely used immune challenge, yet more details on the underlying physiological mechanisms and potential costs are needed. We investigated the temporal dynamics of PHA-induced immune response and associated changes in blood carotenoids, body mass and a carotenoid-based coloured signal. We found variation in individual response patterns to PHA after peak swelling was reached, with birds showing either a rapid or a slow subsequent decrease in swelling, suggesting variation in the duration of the immune response and/or inflammation. Body mass did not affect immune response. Plasma carotenoids followed a transient decrease closely matching the dynamics of the swelling. The peak of the immune response was negatively related to initial plasma carotenoid levels and positively correlated to the relative decrease in plasma carotenoids. Individual variation in duration of the swelling could be partly explained by plasma carotenoids; high initial carotenoid levels were associated with a slower decrease of the swelling. These contradictory effects of carotenoids suggest a complex role in the immune response. Bill colour was positively correlated to initial plasma carotenoid concentration but it did not predict or change as a consequence of immune response to PHA. Bill colour thus reflects medium- or long-term quality rather than immediate quality. Taking into account the dynamics of the immune response and that of associated physiological parameters would thus yield new insights into our interpretation of variation in PHA response.
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- C Biard
- Equipe Ecologie Evolutive, UMR 5561 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, F-21000 Dijon, France.
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Cornet S, Biard C, Moret Y. Variation in immune defence among populations of Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Oecologia 2008; 159:257-69. [PMID: 18989705 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1211-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Accepted: 10/13/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Despite intensive studies in ecological immunology, few have investigated variation in immune defence among natural populations; in particular, there is a lack of knowledge of the sources of spatial variability in immune defence in the wild. Here we documented variation among twelve populations of the freshwater crustacean Gammarus pulex in the activity of the prophenoloxidase (ProPO) system, which is an important component of invertebrate immunity. We then tested for trade-offs between investment in immune defence and fitness-related traits such as survival and fecundity, as well as for environmental causes of variability (water temperature and conductivity, parasite prevalence). Levels of immune defence differed among populations, with environment partly explaining this population effect, as immune activities were negatively related to water conductivity and acanthocephalan parasite prevalence. There was a strong variation among populations for the maintenance of the ProPO system, while variation in its use was relatively weak. Such a pattern could be partly explained by the relative costs associated with the maintenance and/or the use of the ProPO system. Investment in the ProPO system was negatively correlated to survival, whereas it was positively related to female fecundity and resource storage. However, variation in immunity did not predict resistance to bacterial infection among populations, suggesting that measuring the activity of the ProPO system might not be sufficient to estimate immunocompetence at the population level. These results suggest that investment in immune function is a variable trait, which might be locally optimized as a result of both life history trade-offs and environmental conditions, highlighting the need to combine them in a common framework.
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- Stéphane Cornet
- UMR CNRS 5561 Biogéosciences, Equipe Ecologie Evolutive, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Bd Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France.
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Innate immunity relies on effectors, which produce cytotoxic molecules that have not only the advantage of killing pathogens but also the disadvantage of harming host tissues and organs. Although the role of dietary antioxidants in invertebrate immunity is still unknown, it has been shown in vertebrates that carotenoids scavenge cytotoxic radicals generated during the immune response. Carotenoids may consequently decrease the self-harming cost of immunity. A positive relationship between the levels of innate immune defence and circulating carotenoid might therefore be expected. Consistent with this hypothesis, we show that the maintenance and use of the prophenoloxidase system strongly correlate with carotenoid concentration in haemolymph within and among natural populations of the crustacean Gammarus pulex.
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Johnsen A, Fidler AE, Kuhn S, Carter KL, Hoffmann A, Barr IR, Biard C, Charmantier A, Eens M, Korsten P, Siitari H, Tomiuk J, Kempenaers B. Avian Clock gene polymorphism: evidence for a latitudinal cline in allele frequencies. Mol Ecol 2007; 16:4867-80. [PMID: 17927702 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2007.03552.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In comparison with most animal behaviours, circadian rhythms have a well-characterized molecular genetic basis. Detailed studies of circadian clock genes in 'model' organisms provide a foundation for interpreting the functional and evolutionary significance of polymorphic circadian clock genes found within free-living animal populations. Here, we describe allelic variation in a region of the avian Clock orthologue which encodes a functionally significant polyglutamine repeat (ClkpolyQcds), within free-living populations of two passerine birds, the migratory bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) and the predominantly nonmigratory blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus). Multiple ClkpolyQcds alleles were found within populations of both species (bluethroat: 12 populations, 7 alleles; blue tit: 14 populations, 9 alleles). Some populations of both species were differentiated at the ClkpolyQcds locus as measured by F(ST) and R(ST) values. Among the blue tit, but not bluethroat populations, we found evidence of latitudinal clines in (i) mean ClkpolyQcds repeat length, and (ii) the proportions of three ClkpolyQcds genotype groupings. Parallel analyses of microsatellite allele frequencies, which are considered to reflect selectively neutral processes, indicate that interpopulation allele frequency variation at the ClkpolyQcds and microsatellite loci does not reflect the same underlying demographic processes. The possibility that the observed interpopulation ClkpolyQcds allele frequency variation is, at least in part, maintained by selection for microevolutionary adaptation to photoperiodic parameters correlated with latitude warrants further study.
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- A Johnsen
- Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Department of Behavioural Ecology & Evolutionary Genetics, D-82305 Seewiesen, Germany
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Gil D, Biard C, Lacroix A, Spottiswoode CN, Saino N, Puerta M, Moller AP. Evolution of Yolk Androgens in Birds: Development, Coloniality, and Sexual Dichromatism. Am Nat 2007; 169:802-19. [PMID: 17479466 DOI: 10.1086/516652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 03/31/2006] [Accepted: 09/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Current theory recognizes the adaptive value of maternal effects in shaping offspring phenotypes in response to selective pressures and vindicates the value of these traits in fostering adaptation and speciation. Yolk androgens in birds are a relatively well-known maternal effect and have been linked to adaptations related to development, coloniality life, and sexual selection. We tested whether interspecific patterns of yolk androgen levels (androstenedione and testosterone) were related to interspecific variation in development, sexual selection, and coloniality. First, we found no relationship between androgen levels and duration of development as reflected by incubation and nestling periods. However, androstenedione concentration was positively related to the relative duration of the incubation period and negatively related to the relative duration of the nestling period. These relationships were confirmed by analyses of phylogenetically independent contrasts. We suggest that androstenedione concentration may have evolved as a mechanism to shift the relative duration of development between the egg and nestling stages in response to selective pressures that differentially affect the duration of each stage. Second, neither plumage dichromatism nor mating system explained significant variation in yolk androgen levels after correction for similarity among species due to common descent. This finding indicates that sexual selection has not been an important selective pressure for this maternal effect. Third, we found a highly significant positive relationship between degree of breeding coloniality and concentration of androstenedione but not testosterone. These effects were confirmed in analyses of contrasts controlling for similarity due to common descent. Since the relationship with coloniality was different for each androgen, it is unlikely that increased levels of androgens in highly colonial species are a mere consequence of elevated androgen levels in mothers. Rather, our results suggest that high levels of androstenedione in eggs of colonial species are an adaptation to colony life, possibly related to the production of highly competitive phenotypes. In conclusion, from a comparative perspective, the results of this study support the role of maternal effects in promoting adaptation to certain environmental pressures.
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- Diego Gil
- Departamento de Ecologia Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas), Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain.
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Although interspecific variation in maternal effects via testosterone levels can be mediated by natural selection, little is known about the evolutionary consequences of egg testosterone for sexual selection. However, two nonexclusive evolutionary hypotheses predict an interspecific relationship between egg testosterone levels and the elaboration of sexual traits. First, maternal investment may be particularly enhanced in sexually selected species, which should generate a positive relationship. Secondly, high prenatal testosterone levels may constrain the development of sexual characters, which should result in a negative relationship. Here we investigated these hypotheses by exploring the relationship between yolk testosterone levels and features of song in a phylogenetic study of 36 passerine species. We found that song duration and syllable repertoire size were significantly negatively related to testosterone levels in the egg, even if potentially confounding factors were held constant. These relationships imply that high testosterone levels during early development of songs may be detrimental, thus supporting the developmental constraints hypothesis. By contrast, we found significant evidence that song-post exposure relative to the height of the vegetation is positively related to egg testosterone levels. These results support the hypothesis that high levels of maternal testosterone have evolved in species with intense sexual selection acting on the location of song-posts. We found nonsignificant effects for intersong interval and song type repertoire size, which may suggest that none of the above hypothesis apply to these traits, or they act simultaneously and have opposing effects.
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- L Z Garamszegi
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Wilrijk, Belgium.
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Saino N, Martinelli R, Biard C, Gil D, Spottiswoode CN, Rubolini D, Surai PF, Møller AP. Maternal immune factors and the evolution of secondary sexual characters. Behav Ecol 2007. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Garamszegi LZ, Biard C, Eens M, Møller AP, Saino N, Surai P. Maternal effects and the evolution of brain size in birds: overlooked developmental constraints. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2007; 31:498-515. [PMID: 17250892 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 09/07/2006] [Revised: 11/16/2006] [Accepted: 11/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A central dogma for the evolution of brain size posits that the maintenance of large brains incurs developmental costs, because they need prolonged periods to grow during the early ontogeny. Such constraints are supported by the interspecific relationship between ontological differences and relative brain size in birds and mammals. Given that mothers can strongly influence the development of the offspring via maternal effects that potentially involve substances essential for growing brains, we argue that such effects may represent an important but overlooked component of developmental constraints on brain size. To demonstrate the importance of maternal effect on the evolution of brains, we investigated the interspecific relationship between relative brain size and maternal effects, as reflected by yolk testosterone, carotenoids, and vitamins A and E in a phylogenetic study of birds. Females of species with relatively large brains invested more in eggs in terms of testosterone and vitamin E than females of species with small brains. The effects of carotenoid and vitamin A levels on the evolution of relative brain size were weaker and non-significant. The association between relative brain size and yolk testosterone was curvilinear, suggesting that very high testosterone levels can be suppressive. However, at least in moderate physiological ranges, the positive relationship between components of maternal effects and relative brain size may imply one aspect of developmental costs of large brains. The relationship between vitamin E and relative brain size was weakened when we controlled for developmental mode, and thus the effect of this antioxidant may be indirect. Testosterone-enhanced neurogenesis and vitamin E-mediated defence against oxidative stress may have key functions when the brain of the embryo develops, with evolutionary consequences for relative brain size.
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- L Z Garamszegi
- Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
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Maternal effects increase phenotypic plasticity in offspring traits and may therefore facilitate adaptation to environmental variability. Carotenoids have been hypothesized to mediate costs of reproduction in females as well as maternal effects. However, assessing potential transgenerational and population consequences of environmental availability of carotenoids requires a better understanding of mechanisms of maternal effects mediated by these antioxidant pigments. Manipulating dietary availability of carotenoids to egg-laying female blue tits and subsequently cross-fostering nestlings between female treatments allowed us to specifically investigate the relative importance of maternal effects through egg carotenoids and through post-hatching care mediated by antioxidants in females. Nestling body size and mass and plasma antioxidants were not significantly affected by pre- or post-hatching maternal effects mediated by antioxidants, although both types of maternal effects in interaction explained the variation in growth, as measured by wing length. Development of the ability to mount a cell-mediated immune response as well as its temporal dynamics was influenced by both pre- and post-hatching maternal effects, with an advantage to nestlings originating from, or reared by, carotenoid-supplemented females. In addition, nestlings reared by carotenoid-fed females had a lower blood sedimentation rate, indicating that they may have been less infected than nestlings from controls. Finally, prehatching maternal effects in interaction with nestling plasma carotenoid levels affected the development of carotenoid-based plumage. Maternal effects mediated by carotenoids may thus act as a proximate factor in development and phenotypic plasticity in traits associated with nestling fitness, such as immune response and ability to metabolize and use antioxidants, and ultimately participate in the evolution of phenotypic traits.
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- C Biard
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
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Carotenoids are biologically active pigments of crucial importance for the development of avian embryos and nestlings. Thus parental ability to provide nestlings with a carotenoid-rich diet may enhance offspring fitness. However,very little is known about the possible effects of carotenoid availability in the diet on growing nestlings in natural populations. We experimentally manipulated dietary intake of carotenoids by nestlings of two closely related passerine species, the great tit Parus major and the blue tit Parus caeruleus, and measured nestling antioxidants, body condition,immunity and plumage colour. There was no detectable increase in plasma carotenoids after treatment in carotenoid-fed nestlings of either species despite regular supply of dietary carotenoids. However, in carotenoid-fed blue tit nestlings, plasma vitamin E concentration increased with plasma carotenoid concentration, while that was not the case for control nestlings. In both species, there was no significant effect of carotenoid supply on immune function. Carotenoid supplementation enhanced yellow feather colour in great tit nestlings only. In both species a strong effect of carotenoid supply was found on body condition with an increase in body mass for small carotenoid-fed nestlings compared to similarly sized control nestlings. Dietary availability of carotenoids may thus have important fitness consequences for tits. We hypothesise that the difference in effect of dietary carotenoids on the two species is due to relatively larger clutch size and higher growth rates of blue tits compared to great tits, leading to blue tit nestlings being more in need of carotenoids for antioxidant function than great tit nestlings.
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- Clotilde Biard
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, Bât. A-Case 237, 7 quai Saint Bernard, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Biard C, Surai PF, Møller AP. Effects of carotenoid availability during laying on reproduction in the blue tit. Oecologia 2005; 144:32-44. [PMID: 15868160 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2004] [Accepted: 02/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Carotenoids are antioxidant pigments involved in several physiological processes and signalling in animals that cannot synthesise them and therefore must acquire them from food. We experimentally investigated the effects of carotenoid availability in the diet during egg laying on antioxidant deposition in egg yolk and the related effects on nestling condition, female body condition and parental investment in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus). Carotenoid supplementation of egg-laying females resulted in a significant increase in carotenoid concentration in egg yolk, but not in vitamin E or A concentration. There was no relationship between yellow plumage colour of adult females and carotenoid deposition in eggs, and no differential effect of feeding treatment depending on female colour. Nestlings from eggs laid by carotenoid supplemented females had longer tarsi, had faster development of the immune system as reflected by leukocyte concentration in blood, and grew brighter yellow feathers than nestlings from control females. However, nestlings from the two groups did not differ significantly in body mass, plasma antioxidants or plumage colour hue. At the time of chick rearing, carotenoid-fed females had increased plasma vitamin E levels compared to controls. However, females from the two treatment groups did not differ significantly in body condition or feeding rate. These results suggest that carotenoid availability is limiting during egg laying, and that females may have to balance the benefits of investing in egg quality against the potential costs of impairing their own future antioxidant protection. In addition, there may be considerable variation in carotenoid availability not only across seasons, but also among different stages of the breeding season.
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- Clotilde Biard
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive-CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, case 237, 7 quai Saint Bernard, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Morissette L, Biard C. [Short psychiatric hospitalization (less than seven days) : experience at Albert-Prévost.]. Sante Ment Que 1987; 12:99-107. [PMID: 16946971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The authors discuss the available literature on a possible modification of traditional hospitalization in psychiatry : the brief hospitalization. Then they share a 30 month' experience in a transitory treatment unit at Albert-Prévost. Finally, the authors underline the fact that even if research and current use promote such an approach, this form of treatment is rare : they look into the reasons for such a state of affair.
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