Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat
The ability to track variation in climate is important for species to persist in a given environment. Lack of responses to both long-term changes and inter-annual variation in climate parameters can result in reduced fitness and population decline. Furthermore, migration strategy can influence the a...
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| author | Jørgen Skavdal Søraker Bård Gunnar Stokke Oddmund Kleven Arne Moksnes Geir Rudolfsen Gine Roll Skjærvø Henriette Vaagland Eivin Røskaft Peter Sjolte Ranke |
| author_facet | Jørgen Skavdal Søraker Bård Gunnar Stokke Oddmund Kleven Arne Moksnes Geir Rudolfsen Gine Roll Skjærvø Henriette Vaagland Eivin Røskaft Peter Sjolte Ranke |
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| description | The ability to track variation in climate is important for species to persist in a given environment. Lack of responses to both long-term changes and inter-annual variation in climate parameters can result in reduced fitness and population decline. Furthermore, migration strategy can influence the ability to track climatic variation due to the potential to use reliable environmental cues. Here, we studied the temporal relationship between birch leafing and onset of breeding for three bird species with contrasting migration strategies over a 20-year period in a subalpine habitat in Central Norway. We found no temporal change in birch leafing date or breeding onset for the three bird species over the study period. However, we found a statistically significant difference in the ability to track inter-annual variation in birch leafing date between the resident and two long-distance migratory species. The resident great tit Parus major was more capable of initiating egg laying in closer association to variation in birch leafing in early springs, than the long-distance migratory European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus. Long-distance migrants seem to have been constrained by arrival date or time from arrival to entering the breeding areas, in contrast to resident birds, which might be better able track early initiation of spring in breeding areas by adjusting egg laying date. Our findings highlight the importance of not solely studying directional long-term climatic change, but also pay attention to inter-annual variation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03ad3c4435354c278726158b76dfaee62022-12-22T00:21:48ZengElsevierClimate Change Ecology2666-90052022-12-013100050Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitatJørgen Skavdal Søraker0Bård Gunnar Stokke1Oddmund Kleven2Arne Moksnes3Geir Rudolfsen4Gine Roll Skjærvø5Henriette Vaagland6Eivin Røskaft7Peter Sjolte Ranke8Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway; Corresponding author.Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Høgskoleringen 9, NO-7034 Trondheim, NorwayNorwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Høgskoleringen 9, NO-7034 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO-7491 Trondheim, NorwayUiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayDepartment of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO-7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO-7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO-7491 Trondheim, NorwayCentre for Biodiversity Dynamics, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO-7491 Trondheim, NorwayThe ability to track variation in climate is important for species to persist in a given environment. Lack of responses to both long-term changes and inter-annual variation in climate parameters can result in reduced fitness and population decline. Furthermore, migration strategy can influence the ability to track climatic variation due to the potential to use reliable environmental cues. Here, we studied the temporal relationship between birch leafing and onset of breeding for three bird species with contrasting migration strategies over a 20-year period in a subalpine habitat in Central Norway. We found no temporal change in birch leafing date or breeding onset for the three bird species over the study period. However, we found a statistically significant difference in the ability to track inter-annual variation in birch leafing date between the resident and two long-distance migratory species. The resident great tit Parus major was more capable of initiating egg laying in closer association to variation in birch leafing in early springs, than the long-distance migratory European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus. Long-distance migrants seem to have been constrained by arrival date or time from arrival to entering the breeding areas, in contrast to resident birds, which might be better able track early initiation of spring in breeding areas by adjusting egg laying date. Our findings highlight the importance of not solely studying directional long-term climatic change, but also pay attention to inter-annual variation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266690052200003XClimatic variationLaying dateTiming of reproduction |
| spellingShingle | Jørgen Skavdal Søraker Bård Gunnar Stokke Oddmund Kleven Arne Moksnes Geir Rudolfsen Gine Roll Skjærvø Henriette Vaagland Eivin Røskaft Peter Sjolte Ranke Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat Climate Change Ecology Climatic variation Laying date Timing of reproduction |
| title | Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat |
| title_full | Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat |
| title_fullStr | Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat |
| title_short | Resident bird species track inter-annual variation in spring phenology better than long-distance migrants in a subalpine habitat |
| title_sort | resident bird species track inter annual variation in spring phenology better than long distance migrants in a subalpine habitat |
| topic | Climatic variation Laying date Timing of reproduction |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266690052200003X |
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