Growth and energetics of a small shorebird species in a cold environment: the little stint Calidris minuta on the Taimyr Peninsulam Siberia
| Autor: | Ingrid Tulp, Leslie G. Underhill, G. Henk Visser, Hans Schekkerman, Joep de Leeuw, Kathleen M.C. Tjørve |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Isotope Research |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
chicks
body-size labeled water method Sandpiper Foraging LABELED WATER METHOD Zoology VALIDATION MATURATION BREEDING BIOLOGY Wageningen Environmental Research energy-requirements Calidris minuta ENERGY-REQUIREMENTS TEMPERATURE Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics BODY-SIZE validation biology BIRDS Ecology Stint Hatching maturation Energetics sandpiper temperature biology.organism_classification Wageningen Marine Research Centrum Ecosystemen Centre for Ecosystem Studies Arctic CHICKS birds breeding biology Animal Science and Zoology Allometry SANDPIPER |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Avian Biology 38 (2007) 5 Journal of Avian Biology, 38(5), 552-563. Wiley Journal of Avian Biology, 38(5), 552-563 |
| ISSN: | 0908-8857 |
| Popis: | The little stint Calidris minuta is one of the smallest shorebird species breeding in the Arctic (weighing 4.3 g on hatching). Their chicks are small and have a high surface area-to-volume ratio. We determined prefledging growth, energy expenditure and time budgets for little stint chicks in northwestern Taimyr, Siberia. A modified power curve was introduced to model the relationship between daily energy expenditure and body mass. Total metabolisable energy, TME, over the 15-d prefledging period was 107% greater than the allometric prediction for a bird the size of a little stint. Their growth rate coefficient was 14% greater than the prediction for a bird their size. The growth of young chicks was reduced in cool weather, possibly due to a reduction in foraging time in order to be brooded and reduced food availability which impact foraging efficiency. We did not detect weather effects on energy expenditure of chicks, but lack of temperature variation during energy expenditure measurements may have prevented this. In sum, both growth rate coefficient and energy expenditure of little stint chicks were greater than predicted and this is similar to that observed in other arctic shorebird species. |
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