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Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America
BACKGROUND: Recognizing the factors influencing migratory individuals throughout their annual cycle is important for understanding the drivers of population dynamics. Previous studies have found that Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) in the Atlantic region have lower survival rates than those in the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6404351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30891245 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0152-x |
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author | Anderson, Christine M. Gilchrist, H. Grant Ronconi, Robert A. Shlepr, Katherine R. Clark, Daniel E. Weseloh, D. V. Chip Roberston, Gregory J. Mallory, Mark L. |
author_facet | Anderson, Christine M. Gilchrist, H. Grant Ronconi, Robert A. Shlepr, Katherine R. Clark, Daniel E. Weseloh, D. V. Chip Roberston, Gregory J. Mallory, Mark L. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Recognizing the factors influencing migratory individuals throughout their annual cycle is important for understanding the drivers of population dynamics. Previous studies have found that Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) in the Atlantic region have lower survival rates than those in the Great Lakes and the Arctic. One possible explanation for divergent survival rates among these populations is differences in their non-breeding habitats. METHODS: We tracked Herring Gulls from five populations, breeding in the eastern Arctic, the Great Lakes, Newfoundland, Sable Island, and the Bay of Fundy. We assessed the extent of migratory connectivity between breeding and wintering sites, and tested if there were differences in home range size or habitat selection among these populations during the winter. RESULTS: The tracked Herring Gulls had strong migratory connectivity between their breeding and wintering areas. We found that Herring Gulls from the Arctic spent most of the winter in marine habitats, while the other populations used a wider variety of habitats. However, the Newfoundland and Sable Island populations selected for urban habitats, and almost all individuals the specialized in urban habitats came from one of the three Atlantic populations. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that there could potentially be a link between urban habitat use during the winter and reduced adult survival in Atlantic Canada Herring Gulls. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s40462-019-0152-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-64043512019-03-19 Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America Anderson, Christine M. Gilchrist, H. Grant Ronconi, Robert A. Shlepr, Katherine R. Clark, Daniel E. Weseloh, D. V. Chip Roberston, Gregory J. Mallory, Mark L. Mov Ecol Research BACKGROUND: Recognizing the factors influencing migratory individuals throughout their annual cycle is important for understanding the drivers of population dynamics. Previous studies have found that Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) in the Atlantic region have lower survival rates than those in the Great Lakes and the Arctic. One possible explanation for divergent survival rates among these populations is differences in their non-breeding habitats. METHODS: We tracked Herring Gulls from five populations, breeding in the eastern Arctic, the Great Lakes, Newfoundland, Sable Island, and the Bay of Fundy. We assessed the extent of migratory connectivity between breeding and wintering sites, and tested if there were differences in home range size or habitat selection among these populations during the winter. RESULTS: The tracked Herring Gulls had strong migratory connectivity between their breeding and wintering areas. We found that Herring Gulls from the Arctic spent most of the winter in marine habitats, while the other populations used a wider variety of habitats. However, the Newfoundland and Sable Island populations selected for urban habitats, and almost all individuals the specialized in urban habitats came from one of the three Atlantic populations. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that there could potentially be a link between urban habitat use during the winter and reduced adult survival in Atlantic Canada Herring Gulls. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s40462-019-0152-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2019-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6404351/ /pubmed/30891245 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0152-x Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Anderson, Christine M. Gilchrist, H. Grant Ronconi, Robert A. Shlepr, Katherine R. Clark, Daniel E. Weseloh, D. V. Chip Roberston, Gregory J. Mallory, Mark L. Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America |
title | Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America |
title_full | Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America |
title_fullStr | Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America |
title_full_unstemmed | Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America |
title_short | Winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern North America |
title_sort | winter home range and habitat selection differs among breeding populations of herring gulls in eastern north america |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6404351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30891245 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0152-x |
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