Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) survival and site fidelity in an area undergoing shale gas development

Frantz, Mack W.; Wood, Petra Bohall; Sheehan, James; George, Gregory A.

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“…Females had more methylated restriction sites overall than males, which may be because females have a higher BCI and can cope with a wider range of territory quality conditions (Latta et al 2016). In our long‐term study, males exhibited very high site fidelity, returning to the same shale gas disturbed territories despite lower riparian habitat quality, but females in disturbed territories had a higher number of breeding attempts and were less likely to return (Frantz et al 2019). Males arrive first at the breeding grounds to set up a territory (Mattsson et al 2009) where females must select a nest‐site within the defended male’s territory, so female capacity to handle environmental perturbation does not necessarily mean the ability to avoid disturbance with potential consequences for long‐term population persistence.…”

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“…We studied Waterthrush epigenetic responses during 2013–2015 as part of a 6‐year study along 14 first‐ and second‐order forested headwater stream tributaries that totalled 58.1 km at the Lewis Wetzel Wildlife Management Area (LWWMA; 39°29.654′N, 80°38.491′E) located in Wetzel County, WV, USA (Frantz et al 2018a, 2018b, 2019; Fig. 1).…”

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“…Annually, territorial adult Waterthrush were target‐netted and banded with an aluminium U.S. Geological Survey leg band and a unique combination of coloured plastic bands to allow identification of individuals, and nestlings were banded ~7–8 days after hatching (Frantz et al 2019). Age (nestlings = hatching year (HY); adults = second year (SY), after second year (ASY) or after hatching year (AHY)) was determined from plumage characteristics (Pyle 1997).…”

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“…Linear Waterthrush territories (Mulvihill et al 2008) were delineated along each stream during 1 April–29 June using standardized territory mapping (> 6 stream visits) with nest searching, nest monitoring and resightings of banded individuals occurring concurrently with territory mapping (Frantz et al 2019). We digitized annual shale gas disturbance on the study area and classed each territory as undisturbed or disturbed by shale gas (see Frantz et al 2018a for details), creating a binary (undisturbed or disturbed) TerrGas and TerrRunoff variable for each territory (Fig.…”

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“…As a biological indicator of biotic stream integrity (O’Connell et al 2003, Mulvihill et al 2008), Waterthrush feed primarily on benthic macroinvertebrate aquatic prey (Mattsson et al 2009) in well‐developed riffle and pool areas (Prosser & Brooks 1998). In a long‐term study, shale gas development negatively affected Waterthrush demography (Frantz et al 2018a, 2019) and its aquatic prey (Wood et al 2016, Frantz et al 2018b), but we do not know whether shale gas development may also influence Waterthrush at a physiological (e.g. Kleist et al 2018) or molecular level.…”

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Epigenetic response of Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla to shale gas development

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Epigenetic mechanisms such as DNA methylation may vary in response to environmental stressors and introduce adaptive or maladaptive gene expression within and among wild bird populations. We examined the association between DNA methylation and demographic characteristics of the Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla in territories with and without disturbance from shale gas development in a Central Appalachian watershed during 2013–2015. We also evaluated the degree to which an individual’s methylated state was subject to change across years in individuals that returned over the course of more than one breeding season (i.e. recaptures). Overall, population methylation differed between adult male and female Waterthrush where adult males generally had fewer methylated restriction sites. Methylation also differed between adult females and nestlings. Age influenced methylation in both adult males and females with a decrease in methylation with age, although adult female recaptures had increased methylation with age. Adult males were variably methylated between shale gas undisturbed and disturbed areas at a population and restriction site (i.e. loci) level, where restriction sites were predominately less methylated in shale gas‐disturbed areas. Barium (Ba) and strontium (Sr) data from 2013 feather samples showed adult males had fewer methylated sites at higher concentrations of Ba and Sr, whereas nestlings displayed no correlation of methylation to Ba and Sr concentrations. Adult females displayed increased methylation with increased Sr, a trend also seen year to year in adult female recaptures. Overall, results of our study suggest sex‐specific influences of shale gas development on gene expression that may affect long‐term population survival and fitness.

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Responses of Vertebrate Wildlife to Oil and Natural Gas Development: Patterns and Frontiers

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2021

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Purpose of Review Anthropogenic activities can lead to the loss, fragmentation, and alteration of wildlife habitats. I reviewed the recent literature (2014–2019) focused on the responses of avian, mammalian, and herpetofaunal species to oil and natural gas development, a widespread and still-expanding land use worldwide. My primary goals were to identify any generalities in species’ responses to development and summarize remaining gaps in knowledge. To do so, I evaluated the directionality of a wide variety of responses in relation to taxon, location, development type, development metric, habitat type, and spatiotemporal aspects. Recent Findings Studies (n = 70) were restricted to the USA and Canada, and taxonomically biased towards birds and mammals. Longer studies, but not those incorporating multiple spatial scales, were more likely to detect significant responses. Negative responses of all types were present in relatively low frequencies across all taxa, locations, development types, and development metrics but were context-dependent. The directionality of responses by the same species often varied across studies or development metrics. Summary The state of knowledge about wildlife responses to oil and natural gas development has developed considerably, though many biases and gaps remain. Studies outside of North America and that focus on herpetofauna are lacking. Tests of mechanistic hypotheses for effects, long-term studies, assessment of response thresholds, and experimental designs that isolate the effects of different stimuli associated with development, remain critical. Moreover, tests of the efficacy of habitat mitigation efforts have been rare. Finally, investigations of the demographic effects of development across the full annual cycle were absent for non-game species and are critical for the estimation of population-level effects.

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Spatial stream modeling of Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) foraging substrate and aquatic prey in a watershed undergoing shale gas development

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Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) survival and site fidelity in an area undergoing shale gas development

Cited by 7 publications

References 42 publications

Epigenetic response of Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla to shale gas development

Epigenetic response of Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla to shale gas development

Responses of Vertebrate Wildlife to Oil and Natural Gas Development: Patterns and Frontiers

Spatial stream modeling of Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) foraging substrate and aquatic prey in a watershed undergoing shale gas development

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