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Angelika Poesel Douglas A. Nelson H. Lisle Gibbs John W. Olesik 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2008,63(1):153-158
Tracking dispersal and migratory movements of animals over small and large spatial scales is a challenge. In birds, a promising
yet underutilized tool is the trace elemental composition of feathers. The elemental profile of a feather may reveal information
about the geographic origin of a bird provided that molting occurs on the breeding grounds and that elemental differences
exist between breeding areas. Here, we explore the use of trace elemental composition in body feathers of the Puget Sound
white-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis as a tool (1) to discriminate among birds collected in four different song dialect populations along a 400-km stretch of
the Pacific Northwest coast and (2) to assign males singing nonlocal dialects in one population to potential natal populations.
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry detected 34 trace elements in sampled feathers and in a discriminant function
analysis seven of these elements differed among the four source populations. Half of the six nonlocal dialect singers, who
were likely to have immigrated into the focal population, were assigned to a population that matched their song dialect. Our
study suggests that feather microchemistry is a promising tool for identifying geographic origins of dispersing birds over
small geographic scales and in combination with other markers, such as song, may give insight into ecological and evolutionary
processes. 相似文献
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Monitoring responses by birds to restoration of riparian vegetation is relatively cost-effective, but in most assessments species-specific abundances, not demography, are monitored. Data on birds collected during the nonbreeding season are particularly lacking. We captured birds in mist nets and resighted banded birds to estimate species richness and diversity, abundance, demographic indexes, and site-level persistence of permanent-resident and overwintering migrants in remnant and restored riparian sites in California. Species richness in riparian remnants was significantly higher than in restored sites because abundances of uncommon permanent residents were greater in remnants. Species richness of overwintering migrants did not differ between remnants and restored sites. Responses among overwintering migrants (but not permanent residents) to remnant and restored riparian sites differed. Capture rates were higher in remnant or restored riparian sites for 7 of 10 overwintering migratory species. For Lincoln's Sparrows (Melospiza lincolnii) and White-crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) proportions of older birds were significantly higher in remnants, even though capture rates of these species were higher in restored sites. Overwinter persistence of 4 migrant species was significantly higher in remnant than in restored sites. A higher proportion of Hermit Thrushes (Catharus guttatus, 56.3%), older Fox Sparrows (Passerella iliaca, 57.1%), Lincoln's Sparrows (59.7%), and White-crowned Sparrows (67.8%) persisted in remnants than restored sites. Our results suggest restored riparian sites provide habitat for a wide variety of species in comparable abundances and diversity as occurs in remnant riparian sites. Our demographic and persistence data showed that remnants supported some species and age classes to a greater extent than restored sites. 相似文献
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