Aerobic capacity in wild satin bowerbirds: repeatability and effects of age, sex and condition
| Autor: | Jason Keagy, Mark A. Chappell, Gerald Borgia, Seth W. Coleman, Jennifer Siani, Jean François Savard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Physiology media_common.quotation_subject Physical Exertion Video Recording Zoology Aquatic Science Competition (biology) Nesting Behavior Oxygen Consumption Sex Factors biology.animal Animals Juvenile Body Weights and Measures Passeriformes Mating Molecular Biology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Aerobic capacity media_common Analysis of Variance biology Reproductive success Ecology Reproduction Age Factors Reproducibility of Results Repeatability Mating system Passerine Insect Science Body Constitution Female Animal Science and Zoology New South Wales |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Experimental Biology. 214:3186-3196 |
| ISSN: | 1477-9145 0022-0949 |
| Popis: | Individual variation in aerobic capacity has been extensively studied, especially with respect to condition, maturity or pathogen infection, and to gain insights into mechanistic foundations of performance. However, its relationship to mate competition is less well understood, particularly for animals in natural habitats. We examined aerobic capacity [maximum rate of O2 consumption (VO2,max) in forced exercise] in wild satin bowerbirds, an Australian passerine with a non-resource based mating system and strong intermale sexual competition. We tested for repeatability of mass and VO2,max, differences among age and sex classes, and effects of several condition indices. In adult males, we examined interactions between aerobic performance and bower ownership (required for male mating success). There was significant repeatability of mass and VO2,max within and between years, but between-year repeatability was lower than within-year repeatability. VO2,max varied with an overall scaling to mass(0.791), but most variance in VO2,max was not explained by mass. Indicators of condition (tarsus and wing length asymmetry, the ratio of tarsus length to mass) were not correlated to VO2,max. Ectoparasite counts were weakly correlated to VO2,max across all age-sex classes but not within any class. Adult males, the cohort with the most intense levels of mating competition, had higher VO2,max than juvenile birds or adult females. However, there was no difference between the VO2,max of bower-owning males and that of males not known to hold bowers. Thus one major factor determining male reproductive success was not correlated to aerobic performance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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