2007
DOI: 10.1093/condor/109.3.698
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Isotopic Evidence for Sources of Nutrients Allocated to Clutch Formation by Harlequin Ducks

Abstract: Abstract. Waterfowl employ a broad array of strategies for acquiring the energy and nutrients needed for egg formation, ranging from storage of endogenous reserves prior to arrival on breeding areas to complete reliance on exogenous food sources available at breeding sites. We used stable isotope analyses (δ13C and δ15N) to quantify the relative nutrient inputs to Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) eggs and, therefore, to identify the strategy of nutrient acquisition and allocation used by females to m… Show more

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“…representing exogenous allocations, Hobson 1995) but not for endogenous reserves to egg. To estimate discrimination values for endogenous reserves to egg formation, previous researchers (Gauthier et al 2003, Schmutz et al 2006, Bond et al 2007, Hobson et al 2011) have assumed that the mobilization of proteins to eggs from endogenous reserves involves similar isotopic discrimination as found for the carnivore model in Hobson (1995). Based on Hobson (1995), discrimination between diet and endogenous reserves to yolk protein formation was assumed to be 3.4‰ for δ 15 N. Discrimination value for δ 13 C in albumen production from lipid‐free invertebrates and lipid‐free endogenous reserves was assumed to be 0.9‰; whereas discrimination between albumen and wetland seed was assumed to be 1.5‰ (Hobson 1995).…”
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“…representing exogenous allocations, Hobson 1995) but not for endogenous reserves to egg. To estimate discrimination values for endogenous reserves to egg formation, previous researchers (Gauthier et al 2003, Schmutz et al 2006, Bond et al 2007, Hobson et al 2011) have assumed that the mobilization of proteins to eggs from endogenous reserves involves similar isotopic discrimination as found for the carnivore model in Hobson (1995). Based on Hobson (1995), discrimination between diet and endogenous reserves to yolk protein formation was assumed to be 3.4‰ for δ 15 N. Discrimination value for δ 13 C in albumen production from lipid‐free invertebrates and lipid‐free endogenous reserves was assumed to be 0.9‰; whereas discrimination between albumen and wetland seed was assumed to be 1.5‰ (Hobson 1995).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Locations where waterfowl acquire protein and lipid for egg laying has long been debated (Ankney and MacInnes 1978, Ebbinge et al 1982, Davidson and Evans 1988, Bond et al 2007). Traditionally, nutrient dynamic studies have focused on a continuum to describe nutrient allocation to breeding activities.…”
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“…Potential elements affecting discrimination include taxon, growth rate, type of tissue, nutritional or reproductive status, reproductive strategy, differences in digestive physiology, the means of voiding nitrogenous waste, the macromolecular composition of sources (i.e., proportions of protein, carbohydrate, and lipid), and the extent and type of metabolic routing that dietary macromolecules undergo before integrating into tissues (i.e., from dietary protein to body protein or from dietary fat to body fat; Caut et al 2009;Borrell et al 2012;Kurle et al 2014). In birds, the isotopic discrimination occurring during reproduction has received attention, and differences have been observed between capital breeders, which rely on endogenous reserves, and income breeders, which rely on recently acquired nutrients (e.g., Klaassen et al 2001;Gauthier et al 2003;Hobson 2006;Langin et al 2006;Bond et al 2007).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Under equilibrium conditions, stable isotope values in eggs differ in a predictable manner from those in the female's diet (Hobson 1995), but such discrimination values have not been established specifically for the mobilization of endogenous reserves to eggs. Researchers instead have used isotopic discrimination factors associated with the carnivore model of Hobson (1995) as a proxy for discrimination between endogenous reserves to eggs (Gauthier et al 2003, Schmutz et al 2006, Bond et al 2007). Discrimination between amphipod and abdominal lipids to yolk lipid formation was assumed to be 0.0‰ for δ 13 C (Hobson 1995).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%