Large and irregular population fluctuations in migratory Pacific (Calidris alpina pacifica) and Atlantic (C. a. hudsonica) dunlins are driven by density-dependence and climatic factors

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• 作者：Cailin Xu ; Jennifer Barrett ; David B. Lank ; Ronald C. Ydenberg
• 关键词：Annual cycle ; Christmas bird counts ; Large scale analysis ; Migratory shorebirds ; Population dynamics ; Seasonal environmental conditions
• 刊名：Population Ecology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：57
• 期：4
• 页码：551-567
• 全文大小：1,345 KB
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• 作者单位：Cailin Xu (1)
  Jennifer Barrett (1)
  David B. Lank (1)
  Ronald C. Ydenberg (1)
  
  1. Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada
  
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Ecology
  Zoology
  Plant Sciences
  Evolutionary Biology
  Behavioural Sciences
  Forestry
  
• 出版者：Springer Japan
• ISSN：1438-390X

文摘

Understanding the forces driving population dynamics is critical for species conservation and population management. For migratory birds, factors that regulate population abundance could come from effects experienced on breeding areas, wintering grounds, or during migration. We compiled survey data for Pacific and Atlantic subspecies of dunlins (Calidris alpina pacifica and C. a. hudsonica) from range-wide Christmas bird counts (1975-010), and investigated the influences on this population index of density-dependence, falcon numbers, a set of seasonal environmental conditions during breeding, migration and non-breeding periods, and large-scale meteorological measures. For both sub-species, numbers fluctuated irregularly, varying threefold over the survey period, with no long-term upward or downward trend. Based on Royama’s general model framework, the change in numbers between successive years for both sub-species was negatively affected by the total count in the previous year (i.e., negative density-dependence) and by the eastward component of storm movement during fall migration, with slower motion associated with higher population growth. The remaining environmental factors differed between the sub-species (snowmelt date on the Pacific, temperature on the Atlantic) or acted in opposite directions (soil moisture). The directional effects of each of these factors are consistent with the biology of dunlin, and together they explain 67.4 (72.9 %) of the variation in the rate of change of Pacific (Atlantic) dunlin annual counts. Falcon numbers were not predictive, despite a tenfold increase in abundance, suggesting compensatory mortality. This study highlights directions for future studies, and provides a model for the analysis of other migratory species. Keywords Annual cycle Christmas bird counts Large scale analysis Migratory shorebirds Population dynamics Seasonal environmental conditions