Large increase in nest size linked to climate change: an indicator of life history, senescence and condition

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• 作者：Anders Pape Møller ; Jan Tøttrup Nielsen
• 关键词：Accipiter gentilis ; Climate change ; Extended phenotype ; Goshawk ; Senescence ; Signal
• 刊名：Oecologia
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：November 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：179
• 期：3
• 页码：913-921
• 全文大小：720 KB
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• 作者单位：Anders Pape Møller (1)
  Jan Tøttrup Nielsen (2)
  
  1. Laboratoire d’Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, CNRS UMR 8079, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 362, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
  2. Espedal 4, Tolne, 9870, Sindal, Denmark
  
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Ecology
  Plant Sciences
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-1939

文摘

Many animals build extravagant nests that exceed the size required for successful reproduction. Large nests may signal the parenting ability of nest builders suggesting that nests may have a signaling function. In particular, many raptors build very large nests for their body size. We studied nest size in the goshawk Accipiter gentilis, which is a top predator throughout most of the Nearctic. Both males and females build nests, and males provision their females and offspring with food. Nest volume in the goshawk is almost three-fold larger than predicted from their body size. Nest size in the goshawk is highly variable and may reach more than 600 kg for a bird that weighs ca. 1 kg. While 8.5 % of nests fell down, smaller nests fell down more often than large nests. There was a hump-shaped relationship between nest volume and female age, with a decline in nest volume late in life, as expected for senescence. Clutch size increased with nest volume. Nest volume increased during 1977–2014 in an accelerating fashion, linked to increasing spring temperature during April, when goshawks build and start reproduction. These findings are consistent with nest size being a reliable signal of parental ability, with large nest size signaling superior parenting ability and senescence, and also indicating climate warming.