Variation in nest survival of three species of tropical plovers in Madagascar with clutch size, age of nest, year and El Niño effect
Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE Jazyk angličtina Země Velká Británie, Anglie Médium electronic-ecollection
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
39286315
PubMed Central
PMC11405060
DOI
10.1002/ece3.70269
PII: ECE370269
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Madagascar, clutch size, incubation, nest success, nest survival, reproductive strategies, shorebird, wader,
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
A combination of life history traits and environmental conditions has been highlighted as the main drivers of avian breeding success. While drivers of breeding success are well known in some species, especially birds in northern, temperate regions; species in other parts of the world have received relatively little attention. In this study, we used a long-term dataset on breeding success of tropical plovers from south-west Madagascar to investigate whether nest survival changed over time and whether the drivers of nest survival were similar for multiple species breeding in the same arid habitat. In the 12-year period of 2009-2020, we monitored 2077 nests for three species with different breeding strategies: 1185 nests of Kittlitz's plovers (Anarhynchus pecuarius) with a flexible breeding strategy and uniparental care; and 565 nests of white-fronted plovers (A. marginatus) and 327 nests of Madagascar plovers (A. thoracicus) which both have biparental care. We found that nest survival was associated with a combination of clutch-size, age of nest and year among the three plover species. In addition, annual variation in climatic conditions associated with El Niño/La Niña events were included in the most supported survival models for Kittlitz's and white-fronted plovers, but the effects were not significant. Overall estimates of daily nest survival were similar for all three species: Kittlitz's plover: 0.950 ± 0.002 SE, Madagascar plover: 0.919 ± 0.007 SE, and white-fronted plover: 0.862 ± 0.047 SE. Estimates of nest success for the breeding season, based on increases in daily nest survival with the clutch age during the incubation periods (26 days for Kittlitz's plovers and 29 days for Madagascar and white-fronted plovers), were relatively low: Kittlitz's plover: 0.161 ± 0.056 SE, Madagascar plover: 0.287 ± 0.022 SE, and white-fronted plover: 0.228 ± 0.019 SE. All three species had a combination of factors affecting nest survival, both environmental and life history traits.
Department of Animal Behaviour Bielefeld University Bielefeld Germany
Department of Behavioral Ecology Bielefeld University Bielefeld Germany
Department of Biology and Biochemistry Milner Centre for Evolution University of Bath Bath UK
Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology University of Debrecen Debrecen Hungary
Department of Terrestrial Ecology Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Trondheim Norway
Faculty of Computing Engineering and Science The University of South Wales Pontypridd UK
Faculty of Sciences University of Toliara Toliara Madagascar
Institut d'enseignement Supérieur de Menabe University of Toliara Morondava Madagascar
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