Site Fidelity and Habitat Quality as Determinants of Settlement Pattern in Male Painted Buntings

Lanyon, Scott M.; Thompson, Charles F.

doi:10.2307/1368917

Cited by 115 publications

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“…The return rate of 44% for males is within the range of 7%-66% reported for other long-term studies of migratory passerines in North America (e.g., Best and Rodenhouse 1984;Lanyon and Thompson 1986;DiQuinzio et al 2001;Beheler et al 2003;Howlett and Stutchbury 2003;Sedgwick 2004;Schlossberg 2009), and our site fidelity of 31% is lower than the 50%-76% reported in the same studies. However, comparisons are sometimes difficult to make because some studies do not clearly define the methodology used to determine return rates and site fidelity and because differences in habitat and behaviour could also account for differences in return rates and site fidelity.…”

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confidence: 74%

Site Fidelity and Annual Survival of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat (<em>Icteria virens auricollis</em>) at the Northern Edge of its Range

McKibbin

Bishop

2012

Can Field Nat

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Other results were as follows: 44% of males and 13% of females banded as adults were re-sighted during the period 2002-2007; 33% of males and 10% of females were re-sighted the year after they were banded; 31% of males and 10% of females had fidelity to the study site where they were banded as adults; 10% of Western Yellow-breasted Chats banded as nestlings returned and, of these, 62% of males and 54% of females returned to their natal study site to breed. The dispersal distance for males banded as adults (n = 5) that did not return to their sites ranged from 6.4 km to 42.9 km. Natal dispersal ranged from 2.5 km to 15.6 km for males (n = 7) and 2.3 km to 2.6 km for females (n = 2); 16 males and 7 females banded as nestlings did not disperse. These findings contrast with predictions that species at the northern limit of their range will have low site fidelity and return rates and higher dispersal distances than passerine populations at the core of their range.

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Site Fidelity and Annual Survival of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat (<em>Icteria virens auricollis</em>) at the Northern Edge of its Range

McKibbin

Bishop

2012

Can Field Nat

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“…However, it is unclear whether these landscape-differences in structural size are due to larger birds arriving earlier on breeding grounds and preferentially establishing territories in contiguous forest (Francis and Cooke 1986;Marra et al 1998), or as a result of larger birds actively excluding smaller birds from these habitats, irrespective of arrival dates (Nolan 1978;Lanyon and Thompson 1986). Alternatively, if Ovenbird populations in contiguous forest return to their natal habitats, individuals in contiguous forest could be larger as a result of being raised in higher-quality habitats (Ulfstrand et al 1981).…”

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Physiological ramifications of habitat selection in territorial male ovenbirds: consequences of landscape fragmentation

Mazerolle

Hobson

2002

Oecologia

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Since boreal forest fragments are of lower quality than contiguous forest for breeding Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapillus), we predicted that competition for breeding sites in contiguous forest should lead to a greater prevalence of individuals in better condition in these habitats. We quantified male condition using morphological and hematological indices. Males in contiguous forest were larger than males in forest fragments and had higher hematocrits and mean corpuscular volumes, as well as a greater prevalence of polychromatic cells. These hematological indices are all positively associated with energy demands or stress, or both. Furthermore, the proportion of heterophils, a type of white blood cell positively associated with stress, decreased through the breeding season only for males in forest fragments. Total plasma protein and mass corrected for structural size did not differ between landscapes, suggesting that the nutritional status of males was similar between landscapes. All of these trends were independent of age. Overall, these results indicate that size of male Ovenbirds could be playing a role in habitat selection, but that defending territories in contiguous forest, where breeding success is higher and populations are denser, seems to result in greater energetic demands and a reduced immunological condition. These results demonstrate a physiological component to contrasting consequences associated with territory acquisition in birds.

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“…Familiarity with a territory might also decrease the probability of predation for the territory owner (Metzgar 1967), particularly if stable refuges from predators were present and the discovery of those refuges required a significant investment of time and energy. Finally, an individual returning to a previously held territory might have an advantage in defending it against intruders or other claimants due to some prior residency effect (Greenwood 1980;Krebs 1982;Lanyon and Thompson 1986;Jakobsson 1988; Thompson and Hale 1988).…”

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New birds on the block: new neighbors increase defensive costs for territorial male willow ptarmigan

Eason

Hannon

1994

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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Previous researchers have hypothesized that site-faithful animals may benefit from the presence of familiar neighbors. This study compares the relative costs of territorial defense against new and former neighbors by male willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus). Territorial defense against new neighbors appeared to require a greater expenditure of both time and effort than did defense against former neighbors. Territorial males that had several new neighbors spent a higher proportion of time fighting than did males with fewer new neighbors, and males with both new and former neighbors spent a greater amount of time fighting with their new neighbors, on average, than with their former neighbors. In addition, fights with new neighbors occurred relatively more frequently and were longer than fights with former neighbors. Finally, fights involving new neighbors tended to escalate to higher levels than fights between former neighbors. Reduced defensive costs for site-faithful, territorial males may provide one explanation for the tendency of males to be more site-faithful than females in many species.

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Site Fidelity and Habitat Quality as Determinants of Settlement Pattern in Male Painted Buntings

Cited by 115 publications

References 14 publications

Site Fidelity and Annual Survival of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat (<em>Icteria virens auricollis</em>) at the Northern Edge of its Range

Site Fidelity and Annual Survival of the Western Yellow-breasted Chat (<em>Icteria virens auricollis</em>) at the Northern Edge of its Range

Physiological ramifications of habitat selection in territorial male ovenbirds: consequences of landscape fragmentation

New birds on the block: new neighbors increase defensive costs for territorial male willow ptarmigan

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