Pub Date : 2022-06-01DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac021
N. Burley, Felipe Azevedo Campos, Emilie Chien, Shauna Duarte, Nathalie Kirshman, Alison Thuy Tien N Phan, Kerianne M. Wilson
ABSTRACT We performed a laboratory experiment on caged, domesticated Australian Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis) to assess the effects of antimicrobial treatment applied to birds' plumage on the feather microbial loads of breeding pairs and their associated reproductive performance. Treatments included an experimental group that experienced frequent misting with a broad-spectrum antimicrobial, as well as 2 control groups. Microbial loads (colony forming units [CFUs]) sampled from the belly feathers of breeders were higher posthatching than prehatching, and experimental pairs had lower loads (one-half to one-third the CFU counts) than controls at all sampled breeding-cycle stages. Clutch size and hatching success did not differ among treatments, but experimental pairs fledged nearly 50% more offspring (mean = 3.5 per clutch) than controls (mean = 2.3 per clutch) due to experiencing much lower nestling mortality. Offspring development rate, as assessed by one metric, varied among treatments: beak color score sampled midway in the development of adult phenotype revealed that offspring of experimental pairs had more rapid development. Findings imply that experimentally reduced density of feather microbial loads on breeders decreased reproductive costs in the posthatch phase, resulting in increased offspring survival and condition. At the time offspring fledged, uropygial gland volume tended to be greater among breeders that had experienced antimicrobial application throughout the breeding cycle. These results are consistent with a growing literature showing that the feather microbiome contributes significantly to the evolution of avian life histories and behavior and indicate that Zebra Finches are a useful laboratory model for investigating in vivo effects of the feather microbiome on avian hosts. LAY SUMMARY Feathers are necessary for bird survival, flight, and reproduction but provide large surface areas for the growth of microbes (bacteria plus yeast), whose aggregate effects on birds' health and reproduction are largely unknown. To measure reproductive effects, we used an antimicrobial treatment to reduce feather microbial density on one group of breeding pairs of Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis) and compared their reproduction to that of untreated control pairs of the same species. Birds with reduced feather microbial density raised more offspring per brood than controls, and their young showed more rapid development of beak color. Results imply that treated birds experienced reduced physiological costs that result from high microbial densities. This study indicates that feather microbes increase reproductive costs to birds and suggests that such costs have been influential in the evolution of avian reproductive schedules and behavior. RESUMO Realizamos um experimento laboratorial em diamantes-mandarim engaiolados e domesticados para avaliar os efeitos do tratamento antimicrobiano aplicado à plumagem das ave
摘要/ ABSTRACT摘要:本研究采用笼养澳洲斑胸草雀(Taeniopygia guttata castanotis)为研究对象,对其羽毛进行抗菌处理,评估其对繁殖对羽毛微生物负荷及其繁殖性能的影响。治疗包括一个实验组,经常用广谱抗菌药物雾化,以及两个对照组。从种鸡腹部羽毛中取样的微生物负荷(菌落形成单位[CFU])在孵育后高于孵育前,在所有取样的繁殖周期阶段,实验对的微生物负荷(CFU计数的一半到三分之一)都低于对照组。孵卵数和孵化成功率在不同处理之间没有差异,但由于雏鸟死亡率低得多,实验对雏鸟的后代(平均每窝3.5只)比对照组(平均每窝2.3只)多出近50%。后代的发育速度,通过一个指标来评估,在不同的处理中有所不同:在成年表型发育的中途取样的喙色评分显示,实验对的后代发育更快。研究结果表明,减少羽毛微生物负荷的密度可以降低育后阶段的繁殖成本,从而提高后代的存活率和生存条件。在后代成熟的时候,在整个繁殖周期中使用过抗菌药物的育种者中,尿丘腺体积往往更大。这些结果与越来越多的文献表明羽毛微生物组对鸟类生活史和行为的进化有重要贡献的结果一致,并表明斑胸草雀是研究羽毛微生物组对鸟类宿主体内影响的有用实验室模型。羽毛是鸟类生存、飞行和繁殖所必需的,但也为微生物(细菌和酵母)的生长提供了很大的表面积,这些微生物对鸟类健康和繁殖的综合影响在很大程度上是未知的。为了测量繁殖效果,我们对一组繁殖对澳大利亚斑胸草雀(Taeniopygia guttata castanotis)进行了抗菌处理,以降低羽毛微生物密度,并将其繁殖与未处理的同一物种对照对进行了比较。羽毛微生物密度降低的雏鸟每窝的后代数量高于对照组,雏鸟的喙色发育更快。结果表明,处理过的鸟类由于高微生物密度而减少了生理成本。该研究表明,羽毛微生物增加了鸟类的繁殖成本,并表明这种成本影响了鸟类繁殖时间表和行为的进化。本文介绍了一种新型抗菌药物的研究进展:抗菌药物的研究进展、抗菌药物的研究进展、抗菌药物的研究进展、抗菌药物的研究进展、抗菌药物的研究进展。0次治疗incluíam组实验方法:亚甲基亚硝基化脓剂雾化治疗; 0次常用抗菌药物广谱应用;2次组对照。Cargas microbianas(失去formadoras de殖民地或者“生”)obtidas das佩纳da regiao peitoral dos reprodutores有孔虫星座没有periodo pos-incubacao做什么没有pre-incubacao, e os削减experimentais tiveram menores Cargas (metade嗯terco da contagem das生),操作系统还em todos os estagios amostrados做ciclo reprodutivo。在不同的治疗方法、不同的实验方法、不同的实验方法中,研究人员采用了不同的方法(例如:próximo)和不同的控制方法(例如:msamadia = 3,5/ninhada),并对不同的治疗方法(例如:msamadia = 2,3/ninhada)进行了比较,得出了不同的治疗方法(例如:msamadia = 3,5/ninhada)的死亡率。A taxa de desenvolimimento da prole, conme avaliada por uma msamtrica,不同的治疗方法:dados colorimsamtricos do bico amostrados em ponto intermediário do desenvolvimento do fenótipo成人的revelam que A prome do pares experimental目前desenvolvimento mainis rápido。随着细菌的繁殖和细菌的繁殖,细菌的繁殖和细菌的繁殖在细菌的繁殖过程中逐渐减少,细菌的繁殖和细菌的繁殖在细菌的繁殖过程中逐渐减少,细菌的繁殖和细菌的繁殖在细菌的繁殖过程中逐渐减少。没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排,没有时间安排。研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:研究结果表明:
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Pub Date : 2022-05-20DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac022
Ester Martínez-Renau, Natalia Rojas-Estévez, Guillermo Friis, J. Hernández-Montoya, P. Elizondo, B. Milá
ABSTRACT The evolution of host–parasite interactions as host lineages colonize new geographic regions and diversify over evolutionary time is poorly understood. To assess whether haemosporidian parasite diversity has changed during the diversification of an avian host, we surveyed the diversity and prevalence of blood parasite lineages (genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon) across the range of the songbird genus Junco, which has diversified recently as it recolonized North America following the last glacial maximum ∼18,000 years ago. We report the diversity and prevalence of parasites in junco taxa sampled from Costa Rica to Canada, and examine the influence of local avian species richness in the prevalence and diversity of parasites in junco samples. We screened for parasites in each individual by sequencing a fragment of their cytochrome b gene, identifying the different lineages, and quantifying the prevalence per junco taxon and locality. Of 304 juncos sampled, 178 tested positive for 1 or more parasite genera (58.5% overall prevalence). We found high parasite diversity in genera Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon and much lower diversity in Plasmodium. Among the 63 parasite lineages detected, 32 of which have not been previously described, we found generalist lineages with widespread but low prevalence in Junco, but also some that appear to have remained specialized on this genus as it diversified across North America over thousands of years. Our results suggest a range of parasitic strategies, ranging from specialized to generalist lineages within single parasite genera. LAY SUMMARY In this study we describe patterns of haemosporidian blood parasite diversity and prevalence across the range of the genus Junco. We surveyed blood parasites in 304 juncos from across the range, and looked at parasite prevalence and diversity. We found high parasite diversity in genera Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon and much lower diversity in Plasmodium. Both the prevalence and diversity of Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon were positively correlated with local avian species richness. We also found that some parasites are specialized on juncos, whereas others can also be found in other landbird species. Some parasites appear to have remained restricted to juncos even when the recolonization of North America caused juncos to adapt to many different habitats and even diversify into different evolutionary lineages. RESUMEN La evolución de las interacciones entre hospedadores y parásitos cuando linajes de hospedadores colonizan nuevas regiones geográficas y se diversifican a lo largo del tiempo evolutivo es un proceso poco conocido. Para determinar si la diversidad de parásitos hemosporidios ha cambiado durante la diversificación de su hospedador aviar, muestreamos la diversidad y prevalencia de linajes de parásitos sanguíneos (géneros Plasmodium, Haemoproteus y Leucocitozoon) a lo largo de la distribución del género paseriforme Junco, el cual se ha diversif
随着寄主谱系在新的地理区域定居并随着进化时间的推移而多样化,寄主-寄生虫相互作用的进化鲜为人知。为了评估血孢子虫寄生虫的多样性是否在鸟类宿主多样化的过程中发生了变化,我们调查了整个鸣鸟属Junco范围内血寄生虫谱系(疟原虫属、嗜血杆菌属和白细胞虫属)的多样性和流行程度,该属在最后一次冰川高峰期(约18000年前)后重新定居北美,最近出现了多样化。本文报道了哥斯达黎加至加拿大junco标本中寄生虫的多样性和流行率,并研究了当地鸟类物种丰富度对junco标本中寄生虫的流行率和多样性的影响。我们通过对每个个体的细胞色素b基因片段进行测序,确定不同的谱系,并量化每个junco分类群和地区的寄生虫患病率,以筛选每个个体的寄生虫。在304只juncos样本中,178只检测出一种或多种寄生虫属阳性(总患病率58.5%)。我们发现血红菌属和白细胞虫属的寄生虫多样性较高,而疟原虫的多样性较低。在检测到的63种寄生虫谱系中,有32种以前没有被描述过,我们在Junco发现了广泛但流行率低的通才谱系,但也有一些似乎仍然专门针对该属,因为它在北美各地多样化了数千年。我们的结果表明,寄生策略的范围,从专门化到通才谱系在单一的寄生虫属。在这项研究中,我们描述了血孢子虫血寄生虫的多样性和流行模式在整个Junco属的范围。我们调查了304只juncos的血液寄生虫,并观察了寄生虫的患病率和多样性。我们发现血红菌属和白细胞虫属的寄生虫多样性较高,而疟原虫的多样性较低。血红原虫和白细胞原虫的流行率和多样性与当地鸟类物种丰富度呈正相关。我们还发现,一些寄生虫专门针对juncos,而其他寄生虫也可以在其他陆鸟物种中找到。一些寄生虫似乎仍然局限于juncos,即使北美的重新殖民导致juncos适应了许多不同的栖息地,甚至多样化到不同的进化谱系。RESUMEN La evolución de las interacciones entre hospedadores y parásitos cuando linajes de hospedadores colonizan nuevas regiones geográficas通过多样化和大规模的时间进化过程,在poco concido的过程中。Para determinar si la diversidad de parásitos haemsporidios ha cambiado durante la diversificación de su hospedador aviar, muestreamos la diversidad y prevalencia de linajes de parásitos sanguíneos (gsamero Plasmodium, Haemoproteus y leucocozoon), lo largo de la distribución del gsamero pasiformjunco, el cual se ha diversidad recentement al recolonizar norteamsamica tra el último máximo glacial currido has unos 18000 años。报告:关于哥斯达黎加和加拿大之间的疾病多样性与流行的关系parásitos,关于哥斯达黎加和加拿大之间的疾病多样性与流行的关系,关于哥斯达黎加和加拿大之间疾病多样性与流行的关系parásitos,关于哥斯达黎加和加拿大之间疾病多样性与流行的关系。通过对不同个体的检测,检测出不同类型的Cyt-b,鉴定出不同类型的Cyt-b,定量分析了不同地区的流行类型。304名青年登记在籍,178名青年登记在籍más - gsamunos parásitos(占总数的58.5%)。Encontramos altadiversidad parasitaria en los g。研究人员发现了63种寄生虫病,32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和32种寄生虫病和1种寄生虫病和1种寄生虫病和1种寄生虫病和1种寄生虫病和1种寄生虫病。新研究结果表明,寄生虫病和寄生虫病的存在,包括专门的寄生虫病和一般的寄生虫病,如寄生虫病和寄生虫病。
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Pub Date : 2022-05-06DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac016
M. H. Neate‐Clegg
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Pub Date : 2022-04-27DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac018
Mary J. Woodruff, C. Zimmer, D. Ardia, Maren N. Vitousek, K. Rosvall
ABSTRACT Climate change is dramatically altering our planet, yet our understanding of mechanisms of thermal tolerance is limited in wild birds. We characterized natural variation in heat shock protein (HSP) gene expression among tissues and populations of free-living Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). We focused on HSPs because they prevent cellular damage and promote recovery from heat stress. We used quantitative PCR to measure gene expression of 3 HSPs, including those in the HSP70 and HSP90 families that have robust experimental connections to heat in past literature. First, to evaluate how tissues and, by extension, the functions that they mediate, may vary in their thermal protection, we compared HSP gene expression among neural and peripheral tissues. We hypothesized that tissues with particularly vital functions would be more protected from heat as indicated by higher HSP gene expression. We found that brain tissues had consistently higher HSP gene expression compared to the pectoral muscle. Next, we compared HSP gene expression across 4 distinct populations that span over 20° of latitude (>2,300 km). We hypothesized that the more southern populations would have higher HSP gene expression, suggesting greater tolerance of, or experience with, warmer local conditions. We observed largely higher HSP gene expression in more southern populations than northern populations, although this pattern was more striking at the extremes (southern Indiana vs. Alaska), and it was stronger in some brain areas than others (ventromedial telencephalon vs. hypothalamus). These results shed light on the potential mechanisms that may underlie thermal tolerance differences among populations or among tissues. LAY SUMMARY Birds can be internally protected from heat by elevated production of heat shock proteins (HSPs), which prevent damage and promote recovery from heat stress. We characterized natural variation in HSP gene expression in wild Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), a songbird undergoing a southward expansion in its breeding range. We found that the brain had consistently higher HSP gene expression compared to the flight muscle. We also observed higher neural HSP gene expression in more southern populations than northern populations, although this pattern was more striking at the extremes (southern Indiana vs. Alaska), and it was stronger in some brain areas than others. These results shed light on potential mechanisms of thermal tolerance in birds, including variation among tissues or variation among populations. RÉSUMÉ Le changement climatique modifie considérablement notre planète, mais notre compréhension des mécanismes de tolérance thermique est limitée chez les oiseaux sauvages. Nous avons caractérisé la variation naturelle dans l'expression des gènes de protéines de choc thermique (HSP) entre les tissus et les populations de Tachycineta bicolor vivant en liberté. Nous nous sommes concentrés sur les HSP car elles préviennent les dommages cellula
气候变化正在极大地改变着我们的星球,然而我们对野生鸟类热耐受机制的了解有限。研究了自由生活的树燕(Tachycineta bicolor)组织和种群中热休克蛋白(HSP)基因表达的自然变异。我们之所以关注热休克蛋白,是因为它们能防止细胞损伤,促进热应激后的恢复。我们使用定量PCR检测了3种热休克蛋白的基因表达,包括在过去文献中与热有密切实验联系的HSP70和HSP90家族。首先,为了评估组织及其介导的功能如何在热保护方面发生变化,我们比较了神经和外周组织中的热休克蛋白基因表达。我们假设具有特别重要功能的组织更能免受高温的保护,这表明HSP基因表达较高。我们发现,与胸肌相比,脑组织的HSP基因表达始终较高。接下来,我们比较了跨越20°纬度(> 2300公里)的4个不同种群的HSP基因表达。我们假设,更南方的种群将有更高的HSP基因表达,这表明更大的耐受性,或经验,更温暖的当地条件。我们观察到,在更多的南方人群中,HSP基因的表达要高于北方人群,尽管这种模式在极端情况下更为显著(南印第安纳vs阿拉斯加),而且在某些大脑区域(腹内侧端脑vs下丘脑)的表达要强于其他区域。这些结果揭示了群体间或组织间热耐受性差异的潜在机制。鸟类可以通过增加热休克蛋白(HSPs)的产生来保护自己免受高温的伤害,这种蛋白可以防止损伤并促进热应激后的恢复。我们研究了野生树燕(Tachycineta bicolor) HSP基因表达的自然变异,树燕是一种正在向南扩展其繁殖范围的鸣禽。我们发现,与飞行肌相比,大脑的热休克蛋白基因表达始终较高。我们还观察到,与北方人群相比,南方人群的神经热休克蛋白基因表达更高,尽管这种模式在极端情况下更为显著(印第安纳州南部与阿拉斯加),并且在某些大脑区域比其他区域更强。这些结果揭示了鸟类耐热性的潜在机制,包括组织间的差异或种群间的差异。RÉSUMÉ Le change climate modime考虑的是与植物有关的可变因素,主要是与植物有关的可变因素,即与植物有关的可变因素,与植物有关的可变因素,以及与植物有关的可变因素。而我们caracterise la变化只是在l 'expression des基因de蛋白质de朱古力thermique (HSP) les组织之间的人口de Tachycineta二色的自由的场面。目前的研究表明,在高温环境下,高温环境对细胞的损害较小,而高温环境下的高温环境对细胞的损害较小。Nous avons utilis (n . avons utilis, n . avons utilis, n . PCR)定量测定器l'表达3 HSP基因,不存在HSP70和HSP90基因,不存在HSP70和HSP90基因,不存在HSP70和HSP90基因,不存在HSP70和HSP90基因。Nous avons d' '国外比较' '表达式des g nes de HSP中心les tissus neuraux et psamriphsamriques和d' samvaluer评论les tissus, et par扩展les功能qu'elles msamdient,防止各种类型的leur保护热机制。Nous avons samis l' hypoth se que les tissus ayant des功能,特定的生命周期加上prosient + lachaleur, ce quque ' inque une expression des gines de HSP + samlevous。Nous avons constatesque les tissus csamrs - csamrs - csamrs - csamsamt - csamt - csamt - csamt - csamt - csamt - csamt - csm - csamt - csm - csamt - csm - csm - csm - csm - csm - csm - csm - csm - csm - csm - csm - csm - csmNous avons ensuite compareres l’expression des g nes de HSP在四分之一人群中有差异,不包括la sametine partition s’sametine sur加上20度sametine de latitude(> 2300公里)。Nous avons samis l' hypoth que les population les + msamridionales auraient one expression des g de HSP + samlevsame, suggant one + grande tolsamance ou experience de conditions locales + chaudes。Nous avons观察到一个表达式des g de HSP beaucoup + grande chez les populations (3 / 3), en que ette tendance soit + marquiceve aux extrêmes (sud de l'Indiana vs . Alaska),以及forte dans某些parties du cerveau que dans and 'autres(3 / 3))。这些因素导致的结果是不稳定的,如光亮度的、潜在的、不稳定的、不稳定的、不稳定的、不稳定的、不稳定的、不稳定的、不稳定的、不稳定的。
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Pub Date : 2022-04-09DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac014
P. Hendricks
With the passing of Richard E. (“Dick”) Johnson on December 8, 2021 at the age of 85, from complications associated with dementia, ornithology lost the foremost authority on the biology of North American rosy-finches (Leucosticte). For aspiring students of alpine bird ecology in the U.S. during the last three decades of the 20th century, potential mentors with the depth of knowledge and experience that Dick possessed could be counted on one hand. Likewise, for anyone wanting feedback on the possibilities of studying birds (or anything else) in the challenging regions above tree line, Dick was a logical choice for an opinion on the feasibility of the project, for there were few alpine areas of the western U.S. he hadn’t visited at least once. Dick was born on November 9, 1936 in Pomona, California, the only child of George Frank Morris Johnson and Mina Baines Johnson. Dick’s camping trips at a very early age with his parents into the mountains of California had a lasting influence on his passion for mountains. He remained in Pomona through high school, where he was active in Boy Scout Troop 1 (attaining the rank of Eagle). He then attended the University of California, Berkeley (B.S. Forestry 1958), Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena (1959–1961), University of Montana (M.S. Zoology 1968), and Berkeley again (Ph.D. Zoology 1972), with Ned K. Johnson as his committee chair. He was hired fresh from Berkeley by Washington State University (WSU) with joint appointments as Director of the Charles R. Conner Museum and Assistant Professor of Zoology, teaching ornithology and mammalogy. At WSU, where he remained until his retirement in 1998, he successfully chaired 12 M.S. and 7 Ph.D. committees and expanded the museum collections by about 33,000 mammals and 9,000 birds. After retirement, he kept his office and laboratory for another 20 years and continued to help at the museum. Dick served in various capacities for the Pacific Northwest Bird and Mammal Society (later the Society for Northwest Vertebrate Biology), including as editor of The Murrelet (now Northwestern Naturalist) (1976–1980). He was named an Elective Member of the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) in 1980. Two western states, California and Montana, were central to Dick’s personal and professional development. After completing his forestry degree, and while attending seminary, Dick worked summers during 1958–1961 for the National Park Service as a seasonal ranger-naturalist in Glacier National Park. Dick was encouraged to apply there by Lloyd Parratt, a Professor of Biology at Chaffey College, Alta Loma, California, whom Dick met while in scouts, and who had been a ranger-naturalist in Glacier since 1946. Dick wrote that Lloyd was “important in my history because I may never have gotten to Glacier (or Montana), and therefore never have studied rosy-finches were it not for him!” It was while based in the St. Mary applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt"
随着理查德·e·约翰逊(“迪克”)于2021年12月8日因痴呆症相关并发症去世,享年85岁,鸟类学失去了北美玫瑰雀(Leucosticte)生物学的最高权威。对于20世纪最后30年美国有抱负的高山鸟类生态学学生来说,像迪克那样知识渊博、经验丰富的潜在导师屈指可数。同样,对于任何想要在林木线以上具有挑战性的地区研究鸟类(或其他任何东西)的可能性方面获得反馈的人来说,迪克是一个合乎逻辑的选择,因为他几乎没有去过美国西部的高山地区至少一次。迪克于1936年11月9日出生在加州波莫纳,是乔治·弗兰克·莫里斯·约翰逊和米娜·贝恩斯·约翰逊的独子。迪克在很小的时候就和父母一起去加利福尼亚山区露营,这对他对山的热爱产生了持久的影响。他在波莫纳度过了高中,在那里他活跃于童子军1队(获得鹰级军衔)。随后,他就读于加州大学伯克利分校(林业学士,1958年)、帕萨迪纳富勒神学院(1959-1961年)、蒙大拿大学(动物学硕士,1968年)和伯克利分校(动物学博士,1972年),Ned K. Johnson担任委员会主席。他刚从伯克利被华盛顿州立大学(WSU)聘为查尔斯·r·康纳博物馆馆长和动物学助理教授,教授鸟类学和哺乳动物学。在华盛顿州立大学,直到1998年退休,他成功地主持了12个硕士和7个博士委员会,并扩大了约33,000只哺乳动物和9,000只鸟类的博物馆藏品。退休后,他的办公室和实验室又保留了20年,并继续在博物馆帮忙。迪克曾在太平洋西北鸟类和哺乳动物协会(后来的西北脊椎动物生物学协会)担任过各种职务,包括担任《小鹿》(现为《西北博物学家》)的编辑(1976-1980)。他于1980年被任命为美国鸟类学家联盟(AOU)的选任成员。西部的两个州,加利福尼亚和蒙大拿,对迪克的个人和职业发展至关重要。完成林业学位后,在神学院学习期间,迪克在1958年至1961年的夏季为国家公园管理局工作,在冰川国家公园担任季节性护林员和自然主义者。迪克是在劳埃德·帕拉特的鼓励下申请的。帕拉特是加州阿尔塔洛马查菲学院的生物学教授,迪克是在童子军中认识的。帕拉特自1946年以来一直是冰川保护区的管理员兼自然学家。迪克写道,劳埃德“在我的历史中很重要,因为如果不是他,我可能永远不会到达冰川(或蒙大拿),因此永远不会研究玫瑰雀!”它是在St. Mary applyparastyle "fig//caption/p[1]" parastyle "FigCapt"
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Pub Date : 2022-04-05DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac017
Conor C. Taff, Brianna A. Johnson, Allison T. Anker, Alyssa M. Rodriguez, Jennifer L. Houtz, Jennifer J. Uehling, Maren N. Vitousek
ABSTRACT Life history theory provides a framework for understanding how trade-offs generate negative trait associations. Among nestling birds, time spent in the nest, risk of predation, and lifespan covary, but some associations are only found within species while others are only observed between species. A recent comparative study suggests that allocation trade-offs may be alleviated by disinvestment in ephemeral traits, such as nest-grown feathers, that are quickly replaced. However, direct resource allocation trade-offs cannot be inferred from interspecific trait associations without complementary intraspecific studies. Here, we asked whether there is evidence for a within-species allocation trade-off between feather quality and time spent in the nest in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Consistent with the idea that ephemeral traits are deprioritized, nest-grown feathers had lower barb density than adult feathers. However, despite substantial variation in fledging age among nestlings, there was no evidence for a negative association between time in the nest and feather quality. Furthermore, accounting for differences in resource availability by considering provisioning rate and a nest predation treatment did not reveal a trade-off that was masked by variation in resources. Our results are most consistent with the idea that the interspecific association between development and feather quality arises from adaptive specialization, rather than from a direct allocation trade-off. LAY SUMMARY For many species of birds, nestlings hatch undeveloped and enter a period during which they must grow rapidly in the nest while also being exposed to a high risk of predation. This intense period of growth can create strong trade-offs where a limited pool of resources must be invested into a variety of traits simultaneously. One way that nestlings might balance these trade-offs is by withholding resources from traits that will have less influence on successful survival into adulthood. We studied wild Tree Swallows to ask whether there is evidence for this direct investment trade-off by measuring fledging age, feather quality, and morphology while manipulating resource availability. We did not find evidence for a direct trade-off within Tree Swallows, and we discuss how this result informs the interpretation of previous work comparing feather quality and development between species. RESUMEN La teoría de la historia de vida proporciona un marco de referencia para comprender cómo las compensaciones generan asociaciones negativas entre los rasgos. Entre los polluelos que anidan, el tiempo que pasan en el nido, el riesgo de depredación y la esperanza de vida covarían, pero algunas asociaciones solo se encuentran dentro de las especies, mientras que otras solo se observan entre especies. Un estudio comparativo reciente sugiere que las compensaciones de asignación pueden aliviarse mediante la desinversión en características efímeras, como las plumas que crecen en
生活史理论为理解权衡如何产生负面特质关联提供了一个框架。在雏鸟中,待在巢中的时间、被捕食的风险和寿命各不相同,但有些关联仅在物种内发现,而另一些仅在物种之间观察到。最近的一项比较研究表明,通过减少对短暂特征的投资,比如在巢中生长的羽毛,可以减轻分配上的权衡,这些特征很快就会被替换。然而,如果没有互补的种内研究,则无法从种间性状关联中推断出直接的资源分配权衡。在这里,我们询问是否有证据表明,在树燕(Tachycineta bicolor)的羽毛质量和在巢中度过的时间之间存在种内分配权衡。与短暂特征被剥夺优先权的观点一致,巢中生长的羽毛的倒刺密度比成年羽毛低。然而,尽管雏鸟的羽化年龄有很大差异,但没有证据表明在巢中的时间和羽毛质量之间存在负相关。此外,通过考虑供给率和巢捕食处理来解释资源可用性的差异并没有揭示被资源变化所掩盖的权衡。我们的研究结果与下述观点最为一致:发育和羽毛质量之间的种间关联源于适应性专业化,而不是直接的分配权衡。对许多鸟类来说,雏鸟在未发育的情况下孵化,进入了一个必须在巢中快速生长的时期,同时也面临着被捕食的高风险。这种激烈的增长时期可能会产生强烈的权衡,在这种情况下,有限的资源必须同时投入到各种特征中。雏鸟可能平衡这些权衡的一种方法是,将资源从对成功生存到成年影响较小的特征中保留下来。我们研究了野生树燕,通过测量羽翼年龄、羽毛质量和形态,同时操纵资源可用性,来询问是否有证据表明这种直接投资权衡。我们没有在树燕中发现直接权衡的证据,我们讨论了这一结果如何为先前比较物种之间羽毛质量和发育的工作提供解释。RESUMEN La teoría de La historia de vida proporciona unmarco de referencia para comder cómo las compensaciones generan associaciones negativas entre los rasgos。“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”、“污染中心”。unestudio比较受助者sugiere que las compensaciones de asignación pueden aliviass mediante la desinversión en características efímeras, como las plumas que creen en nido, que son rápidamente reemplazadas。在禁运期间,直接补偿将在asignación与其他国家和地区建立联系inter-específicos与工作室建立联系intra-específicos。Aquí, no preguntamos si hay evidence de una compensación de asignación intra-específica entre la calidad de las plumas y el tiempo que pasan en el nido para Tachycineta bicolor。De acuerdo con la想法De,洛杉矶rasgos efimeros prioridad,那些不拉普卢默斯,屏风en el nido tuvieron una densidad德巴尔巴斯mas巴哈,拉普卢默斯adultas。自2008年以来,一项关于variación实质性污染的研究表明,没有证据表明asociación实质性污染的研究表明,污染的研究表明,污染的研究表明,污染的研究表明,污染的研究表明,污染的研究表明,污染的研究表明,污染的研究表明,污染是有害的。Además,在处理递归的责任方面,请考虑在处理递归的责任方面的差异,并考虑在处理递归的责任方面的差异depredación . de los nidos no reveló . una compensación que estuviera enmascarada por la variación en los递归。新城市的结果与新城市的想法一致asociación inter-específica中心城市的发展与新城市的发展相一致especialización适应,más中心城市的发展与新城市的发展相一致compensación de asignación直接。
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Pub Date : 2022-03-24DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac013
N. Geist
{"title":"Romancing the Birds and Dinosaurs: Forays in Postmodern Paleontology","authors":"N. Geist","doi":"10.1093/ornithology/ukac013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukac013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19617,"journal":{"name":"Ornithology","volume":"6 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90757317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-03-15DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2003)120[1213:yaitao]2.0.co;2
Leesia C. Marshall
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Pub Date : 2022-03-15DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac009
Andrew N. Stillman, M. V. Caiafa, Teresa J. Lorenz, M. Jusino, M. Tingley
Ecological disturbance is a key agent shaping the spatial and temporal landscape of food availability. In forests of western North America, disturbance from fire can lead to resource pulses of deadwood-associated arthropods that provide important prey for woodpeckers. Although the foraging strategies among woodpecker species often demonstrate pronounced differences, little is known about the ways in which woodpeckers exploit and partition prey in disturbed areas. In this study, we employed DNA metabarcoding to characterize and compare the arthropod diets of 4 woodpecker species in Washington and California, USA—Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), and White-headed Woodpecker (Dryobates albolarvatus)—primarily using nestling fecal samples from burned forests 1–13 years postfire. Successful sequencing from 78 samples revealed the presence of over 600 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) spanning 32 arthropod orders. The nestling diets of two species in particular—Northern Flicker and Black-backed Woodpecker—proved to be much broader than previous observational studies suggest. Northern Flicker nestlings demonstrated significantly higher diet diversity compared to other focal species, all of which displayed considerable overlap in diversity. Wood-boring beetles, which colonize dead and dying trees after fire, were particularly important diet items for Black-backed, Hairy, and White-headed woodpeckers. Diet composition differed among species, and diets showed limited differences between newer (≤5 yr) and older (>5 yr) postfire forests. Our results show mixed evidence for dietary resource partitioning, with three of the four focal species exhibiting relatively high diet overlap, perhaps due to the pulsed subsidy of deadwood-associated arthropods in burned forests. Woodpeckers are frequently used as management indicator species for forest health, and our study provides one of the first applications of DNA metabarcoding to build a more complete picture of woodpecker diets.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-15DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukac010
T. Sherry, C. Kent
The extent to which interspecific competition structures species interactions and coexistence within communities, and the relevant mechanisms, are still debated. We focus on New World wood warblers (Parulidae), beginning with Robert MacArthur’s iconic 1958 paper in which he shows how subtle foraging behaviors, purportedly linked to dietary differences, within spruce trees contribute to the coexistence of 5 spruce-woods warbler species. MacArthur coined the phrase “resource partitioning”, and profoundly impacted the field of Ecology for subsequent decades in diverse ways. To understand what MacArthur got right and what he missed, we reviewed both ecological and evolutionary approaches to questions of the origin and coexistence of competing species in the context of diet. We argue that an important, underappreciated, mechanism of competition among coexisting migratory warbler species, particularly in winter, is diffuse exploitation competition, based in part on our own studies of warbler diets in relation to foraging behavior, substrate use, bird morphology, and other traits. Our review and synthesis of interspecific competition and coexistence in warblers have important consequences, including our questioning of the importance and effectiveness of resource partitioning in birds. We also suggest a novel hypothesis for the success of warblers today in the Caribbean and other habitats, beginning with their relatively recent adaptive radiation and the ecological opportunity on Caribbean islands.
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