Environmental drivers of female reproductive investment in egg quantity and quality in a grassland sparrow

IF 1.8 3区 生物学 Q1 ORNITHOLOGY
Ibis Pub Date : 2024-11-27 DOI:10.1111/ibi.13379
Elizabeth N. Sroor, W. Alice Boyle, Henry N. Castro-Miller, Kristen S. Hobbs, Miriam D. Reynaldo, Katy M. Silber, Narmadha M. Mohankumar, Nathalie A. Wright, Nikole E. Freeman
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Female investment in reproduction is a critical component of life history that influences both the fitness of the female and her offspring. Oviparous females can allocate energy into egg size and/or clutch size, and this allocation can vary over lifetimes, within populations and among species. However, we know little about whether investment decisions shift within breeding seasons and the factors that influence female reproductive strategies. We studied endogenous and exogenous factors associated with variation in female reproductive investment by measuring 860 eggs from 240 clutches laid by Grasshopper Sparrows Ammodramus savannarum between 2014 and 2019 at the Konza Prairie Biological Station in Manhattan, Kansas, USA. As the breeding season progressed, females laid smaller clutches of heavier eggs, indicating a shift in investment towards fewer but higher quality young. Females that were heavier than expected given their body size laid heavier and larger eggs, but maternal body condition was not related to clutch size. Brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds Molothrus ater reduced the number of Grasshopper Sparrow eggs in nests, but was unrelated to host egg size or the total number of eggs that a female incubated, implying that sparrows do not adjust investment in response to parasitism risk. Pre-laying ambient temperature and precipitation were not associated with egg size, yet females tended to lay more eggs under rainier conditions. Overall, we provide evidence that both endogenous and exogenous factors shape female reproductive investment. Understanding the flexibility of reproductive strategies in response to multiple sources of selection, and how this mediates key trade-offs that influence demographic rates, can be used in forecasting population growth of bird species affected by anthropogenic changes to breeding areas.

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草地麻雀雌性生殖投资对卵子数量和质量的环境驱动因素
雌性对生殖的投入是生命史的一个重要组成部分,它影响着雌性及其后代的健康。卵生的雌性可以将能量分配到卵的大小和/或卵的大小上,这种分配在一生中,在种群内和物种之间都是不同的。然而,我们对投资决策是否会在繁殖季节发生变化以及影响雌性繁殖策略的因素知之甚少。研究人员在美国堪萨斯州曼哈顿的康扎草原生物站测量了2014年至2019年期间草原蚱蜢麻雀(Ammodramus savannarum)产下的240窝860个卵,研究了与雌性生殖投资变化相关的内源和外源因素。随着繁殖季节的推进,雌性产下的蛋越少越重,这表明投资转向了数量少但质量高的幼崽。考虑到它们的体型,比预期更重的雌性产下的蛋更重、更大,但母体的身体状况与卵的数量无关。褐头牛椋鸟对幼虫的寄生减少了蚱蜢麻雀在巢中的卵数,但与寄主卵的大小或雌性孵化的卵总数无关,这意味着麻雀不会根据寄生风险调整投资。产卵前的环境温度和降水与卵的大小无关,但在多雨的条件下,雌性倾向于产卵更多。总体而言,我们提供的证据表明,内源性和外源性因素都影响女性生殖投资。了解生殖策略在应对多种选择来源时的灵活性,以及这如何调解影响人口比率的关键权衡,可以用于预测受繁殖区域人为变化影响的鸟类种群增长。
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Ibis
Ibis 生物-鸟类学
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4.60
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118
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6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: IBIS publishes original papers, reviews, short communications and forum articles reflecting the forefront of international research activity in ornithological science, with special emphasis on the behaviour, ecology, evolution and conservation of birds. IBIS aims to publish as rapidly as is consistent with the requirements of peer-review and normal publishing constraints.
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