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Opposing effects of spatiotemporal variation in resources and temporal variation in climate on density dependent population growth in seabirds.
Searle, Kate R; Butler, Adam; Waggitt, James J; Evans, Peter G H; Bogdanova, Maria I; Hobbs, N Thompson; Daunt, Francis; Wanless, Sarah.
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  • Searle KR; UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Butler A; Bioinformatics and Statistics Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Waggitt JJ; Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
  • Evans PGH; Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
  • Bogdanova MI; Sea Watch Foundation, Amlwch, UK.
  • Hobbs NT; UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK.
  • Daunt F; Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability & Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
  • Wanless S; UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh, UK.
J Anim Ecol ; 91(12): 2384-2399, 2022 12.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36177549
ABSTRACT
Understanding how ecological processes combine to shape population dynamics is crucial in a rapidly changing world. Evidence has been emerging for how fundamental drivers of density dependence in mobile species are related to two differing types of environmental variation-temporal variation in climate, and spatiotemporal variation in food resources. However, to date, tests of these hypotheses have been largely restricted to mid-trophic species in terrestrial environments and thus their general applicability remains unknown. We tested if these same processes can be identified in marine upper trophic level species. We assembled a multi-decadal data set on population abundance of 10 species of colonial seabirds comprising a large component of the UK breeding seabird biomass, and covering diverse phylogenies, life histories and foraging behaviours. We tested for evidence of density dependence in population growth rates using discrete time state-space population models fit to long time-series of observations of abundance at seabird breeding colonies. We then assessed if the strength of density dependence in population growth rates was exacerbated by temporal variation in climate (sea temperature and swell height), and attenuated by spatiotemporal variation in prey resources (productivity and tidal fronts). The majority of species showed patterns consistent with temporal variation in climate acting to strengthen density dependent feedbacks to population growth. However, fewer species showed evidence for a weakening of density dependence with increasing spatiotemporal variation in prey resources. Our findings extend this emerging theory for how different sources of environmental variation may shape the dynamics and regulation of animal populations, demonstrating its role in upper trophic marine species. We show that environmental variation leaves a signal in long-term population dynamics of seabirds with potentially important consequences for their demography and trophic interactions.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Crecimiento Demográfico Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: J Anim Ecol Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Banco de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Crecimiento Demográfico Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: J Anim Ecol Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Reino Unido