scholarly journals Use of genetic mark-recapture to estimate breeding site fidelity and philopatry in a threatened sea duck population, Alaska-breeding Steller’s eiders

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 349-360
Author(s):  
DE Safine ◽  
MS Lindberg ◽  
KH Martin ◽  
SL Talbot ◽  
TR Swem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Breeding Site ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Temporary Emigration ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Sea Duck ◽  
Nest Materials

The Steller’s eider Polysticta stelleri is a sea duck that breeds in Arctic tundra regions of Russia and Alaska (USA). The Alaska-breeding population is listed as ‘threatened’ under the US Endangered Species Act because of a perceived contraction of the breeding range in North America. Understanding demography of the listed population is critical for evaluating measures that can lead to increased abundance and thus, long-term viability. Specifically, estimates of return rates to breeding areas by adult females and natal areas by juvenile females are needed for planning effective recovery actions. We used a suite of polymorphic loci to genotype individuals and generated genetic profiles of nesting females and female offspring from nest materials collected between 1995 and 2016 in a ~170 km2 study area near Utqiagvik, Alaska. We analyzed capture histories of genetically identified individuals to estimate breeding site fidelity, temporary emigration, and philopatry. From a sample of 365 nests, we found that breeding site fidelity of adult females was high (0.91 ± 0.07 SE), and temporary emigration was also high (0.77 ± 0.06) and annually variable (range 0.34-0.97). From egg shell remains of 124 hatched females, we observed 9 recaptures as nesting adults, suggesting that philopatry was also high (range 0.6-1.0). Given the relatively high rates of adult female breeding site fidelity and female philopatry that we estimated, management actions that reduce mortality of adult females and increase annual productivity are likely to help maintain the population of a few hundred breeding Steller’s eiders on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska.

scholarly journals Breeding site fidelity, and breeding pair infidelity in the endangered Carnaby’s Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 59-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis A. Saunders ◽  
Nicole E. White ◽  
Rick Dawson ◽  
Peter R. M. Mawson
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Breeding Site ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
Breeding Pair ◽  
Breeding Attempt ◽  
The Stability

The ecology and behaviour of the endangered Carnaby’s Cockatoo Calyptorhynchuslatirostris have been studied in detail at Coomallo Creek in the northern wheatbelt of Western Australia from 1969 until the present. Results of research on this breeding population conducted on individually marked birds from 1970 to 1990 were compared with results from analyses of DNA taken from nestlings in the study area from 2003, 2005, and each year from 2009 to 2013. Analyses of DNA confirmed earlier findings about the stability of adult breeding pairs, and that females used the same breeding hollow they used previously, provided the hollow was not occupied when they returned to breed. When moving to another hollow, they chose a hollow in the same vicinity of the previous hollow. Analyses in 22 cases where DNA was obtained from both nestlings of a breeding attempt revealed that in six (27.3%) cases, the second egg was fertilised by a male not paired with the female. These extra-pair copulations were not suspected during the earlier study based on observations of individually marked birds.

Effects of piperonyl butoxide on spontaneous behavior in F1-generation mice

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 489-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyohito Tanaka ◽  
Osamu Takahashi ◽  
Shinshi Oishi ◽  
Akio Ogata
Keyword(s):  
Dose Group ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
Piperonyl Butoxide ◽  
High Dose Group ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Developmental Parameters ◽  
Spontaneous Behavior ◽  
Dose Levels ◽  
F1 Generation

Piperonyl butoxide was given in the diet to provide levels of 0 (control), 0.02%, 0.06%, and 0.18% from 5 weeks of age of the F0 generation to 12 weeks of age of the F1 generation in mice. Select reproductive and neurobehavioral parameters were then measured. In exploratory behavior in the F0 generation, vertical time of adult females increased significantly in a dose-related manner. In behavioral developmental parameters, cliff avoidance was delayed significantly in the high-dose group in male offspring, and this effect was significantly dose-related. In female offspring, surface righting was significantly delayed in the high-dose group, and this effect was significantly dose-related. In spontaneous behavior in the F1 generation, females showed more activities in some variables in the high-dose group. Dose levels of piperonyl butoxide used in the present study produced several adverse effects in neurobehavioral parameters in mice.

Does Breeding Site Fidelity Drive Phenotypic and Genetic Sub-Structuring of a Population of Arctic Charr?

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin E. Adams ◽  
Deborah J. Hamilton ◽  
Ian Mccarthy ◽  
Alastair J. Wilson ◽  
Alan Grant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Arctic Charr ◽  
Breeding Site

There’s no place like home — site fidelity by female moose (Alces alces) in central Ontario, Canada

2021 ◽  
pp. 557-563
Author(s):  
A.A.D. McLaren ◽  
B.R. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Global Positioning System ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Habitat Management ◽  
Alces Alces ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Protective Cover ◽  
System Data ◽  
Provincial Park

Site fidelity is thought to provide increased fitness through familiarity with the distribution of forage, protective cover, breeding and offspring rearing sites, and predators. For moose (Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758)), previous research has documented fidelity at varying spatial scales. Our objective was to build on this knowledge and assess fidelity by adult female moose in two areas of central Ontario, Canada (Algonquin Provincial Park (APP) and Wildlife Management Unit 49 (WMU49)). We used global positioning system data to generate mean weekly locations for collared moose, then measured the distance between paired weekly locations among consecutive years to evaluate site fidelity. We tested for effects of study area, biological season, moose age, and reproductive status using generalized linear mixed models. Moose demonstrated stronger site fidelity in WMU49, an area with more anthropogenic disturbance, than the protected area, APP. Fidelity was weakest in the winter, but was similar among other seasons and was independent of maternal age and the presence of a calf. Our study highlights the need to consider the scale of site fidelity relative to habitat management. Actions aimed at supporting moose populations might benefit more by protecting habitat classes selected by moose rather than specific sites used by individuals.

Conservation, Ecology, and Management of Catfish: The Second International Symposium

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
High Survival ◽  
Population Abundance ◽  
Conservation Ecology ◽  
Temporary Emigration ◽  
Minnesota River ◽  
Flathead Catfish ◽  
High Site

<em>Abstract</em>.—The flathead catfish <em>Pylodictis olivaris</em> is one of the most important game fishes in the lower Minnesota River, providing a high-quality angling fishery. Information on flathead catfish movements and site fidelity in the Minnesota River at the reach scale is needed before fisheries managers consider options such as reach-specific fishing regulations. In addition, this information is necessary to determine if estimates of population abundance are feasible and what study design is most appropriate. Therefore, 18 radio- and acoustic-tagged adult flathead catfish were manually located in the lower Minnesota River during late summer and fall in 2008 and 2009. Most fish remained within about 2 km of their capture locations during daylight hours in August–September 2008. However, 17% of the fish emigrated from the 9.3-km study reach before the end of September, and all emigrated by the end of October. Fourteen (78%) of the original 18 fish survived and were present in the study reach again during August–September 2009. High site fidelity could result in heterogeneous vulnerability to late-summer angling among river reaches if some individual fish consistently return to areas frequented by anglers and others return to more remote and relatively inaccessible areas. Due to high survival and late-summer site fidelity, the potential exists for high recapture probabilities with repeated late-summer mark–recapture sampling in the same study reach; however, there is evidence that temporary emigration could be an important issue in long-term studies.

Breeding site fidelity of blue‐winged teal in South Dakota

2019 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 1143-1150
Author(s):  
Bruce W. Toay ◽  
Randell R. Meidinger ◽  
Kaylan M. Kemink
Keyword(s):  
South Dakota ◽  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Breeding Site

Age at first breeding, philopatry and breeding site-fidelity in the Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Ibis ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
pp. 474-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK S. THOMPSON ◽  
DAVID BAINES ◽  
JOHN C. COULSON ◽  
GEOFF LONGRIGG
Keyword(s):  
Site Fidelity ◽  
Breeding Site ◽  
Vanellus Vanellus ◽  
Age At First Breeding

The Biology of the Northern Brown Bandicoot, Isoodon-Macrourus (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) at Mitchell Plateau, Western-Australia

1989 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 627 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Kemper ◽  
DJ Kitchener ◽  
WF Humphreys ◽  
RA How ◽  
LH Schmitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Cells ◽  
White Blood Cells ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Physiological Parameters ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Young Females ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Overall Ratio

Breeding, population dynamics and seasonal changes in physical and physiological parameters were examined in Isoodon macrourus at the Mitchell Plateau between September 1981 and November 1982. Females gave birth to litters of 2.5 � 1.0 (16) young between September and April. They produced up to three litters in a breeding season with an average interval between successive litters of 89.5 (51-108) days. Adult testosterone levels and scrota1 size began to increase in July and peaked in September 1982. The overall ratio of adult males to adult females was 1:0.54; it was 1:0.80 for pouch young. Females were more frequently trapped on sequential trips than were males. Density on the grids increased towards the end of the dry season (July and September 1982)-mostly as a result of increased numbers of females. Adult males and females moving onto the grids during the dry season tended to select different habitats. Adult males moved significantly more in the wet season (September 1981, January and April) than they did in the dry season (July and September 1982); they also moved significantly more than adult females in the wet season. Seasonal variations were recorded for most physical and physiological parameters. During the wet period from September 1981 to January 1982, body weight, haemoglobin, haematocrit and total plasma albumin declined, while total white blood cells and proportion of lymphocytes to granular leucocytes rose. This indicated that this period was one of change in condition for this species. Compared to adult females, adult males were larger and heavier, had higher values of haematocrit and lymphocytes, and lower values of granular leucocytes, free steroids, CBGBd and albumin bound corticosteroid. There was considerable between-year variability in condition of individuals and both sexes differed significantly in September 1981 and 1982 in their weight, haematocrit, total white blood cells, granular leucocytes, MCBC and testosterone. Individuals at disparate localities at the Mitchell Plateau showed similar seasonal physiological and physical responses, except for one grid where they were heavier.

Exposure of Spectacled Eiders and other diving ducks to lead in western Alaska

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul L. Flint ◽  
Margaret R. Petersen ◽  
J. Barry Grand
Keyword(s):  
Blood Lead ◽  
Breeding Population ◽  
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Brood Rearing ◽  
Diving Ducks ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Lead Levels

Lead poisoning, resulting from ingestion of spent shot, has been identified as a cause of mortality in Spectacled Eiders (Somateria fischeri) on the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. We examined lead-exposure rates of adult and juvenile Spectacled Eiders and other diving ducks, using atomic absorption spectrophotometry of blood samples. Additionally, we X-rayed birds in the field to identify ingested shot. We detected shot in the gizzards of 11.6% of Spectacled Eiders X-rayed. During the period from arrival through incubation, 13.0% of adult females and 6.6% of adult males had elevated blood lead levels when captured. During the brood-rearing period, 35.8% of adult females and 12.2% of ducklings were exposed to lead when captured. There was an increase in the probability of exposure of adult females with date sampled. We predict that 50% of the successfully breeding hens were likely exposed to lead, and 25–37% of the Spectacled Eider breeding population was exposed to lead. The long-term effects of sublethal doses on Spectacled Eiders are unknown; however, exposure of nesting females and young birds to lead may result in reduced over-winter survival and (or) reduced fecundity.

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