Survival costs of reproduction are independent of energy costs in a seabird, the pelagic cormorant

Autor: Téo Barracho, Scott A. Hatch, Jana Kotzerka, Stefan Garthe, Hannes A. Schraft, Shannon Whelan, Kyle H. Elliott
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Ecology and Evolution, Vol 14, Iss 7, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11414
Popis: Abstract Life‐history theory predicts that investment in reproduction should decrease survival (the ‘cost of reproduction’). It is often assumed that energy allocation drives such trade‐offs, with limited energy available for both reproduction and survival. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood, maybe because survival costs of reproduction are only apparent when resources are limited. Here, we took advantage of a natural experiment created by fluctuating environmental conditions to compare energy expenditure of a seabird, the pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus), between contrasting population‐scale scenarios of survival costs of reproduction. We used multi‐state capture–recapture modelling across 16 years to identify which breeding seasons induced high survival costs (survival ratebreeders
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