ArticleEcology and evolution2018
Delayed egg-laying and shortened incubation duration of Arctic-breeding shorebirds coincide with climate cooling.
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- Snowmelt and laying date impact the parental care strategy of a high-Arctic shorebird.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Influence of Migration Timing and Local Conditions on Reproductive Timing in Arctic-Breeding Birds.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal and weather effects on the reproductive success of piping plovers on Prince Edward Island, Canada.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
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- The Effects of Climate Change on the Nesting Phenology of Three Shorebird Species in the United States.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Seasonal effect on semen availability and quality of racing pigeon in Thailand.Veterinary world · 2021Article
- Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations.Nature communications · 2020Article
- Delayed egg-laying and shortened incubation duration of Arctic-breeding shorebirds coincide with climate cooling.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
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Abstract
Biological impacts of climate change are exemplified by shifts in phenology. As the timing of breeding advances, the within-season relationships between timing of breeding and reproductive traits may change and cause long-term changes in the population mean value of reproductive traits. We investigated long-term changes in the timing of breeding and within-season patterns of clutch size, egg volume, incubation duration, and daily nest survival of three shorebird species between two decades. Based on previously known within-season patterns and assuming a warming trend, we hypothesized that the timing of clutch initiation would advance between decades and would be coupled with increases in mean clutch size, egg volume, and daily nest survival rate. We monitored 1,378 nests of western sandpipers, semipalmated sandpipers, and red-necked phalaropes at a subarctic site during 1993-1996 and 2010-2014. Sandpipers have biparental incubation, whereas phalaropes have uniparental incubation. We found an unexpected long-term cooling trend during the early part of the breeding season. Three species delayed clutch initiation by 5 days in the 2010s relative to the 1990s. Clutch size and daily nest survival showed strong within-season declines in sandpipers, but not in phalaropes. Egg volume showed strong within-season declines in one species of sandpiper, but increased in phalaropes. Despite the within-season patterns in traits and shifts in phenology, clutch size, egg volume, and daily nest survival were similar between decades. In contrast, incubation duration did not show within-season variation, but decreased by 2 days in sandpipers and increased by 2 days in phalaropes. Shorebirds demonstrated variable breeding phenology and incubation duration in relation to climate cooling, but little change in nonphenological components of traits. Our results indicate that the breeding phenology of shorebirds is closely associated with the temperature conditions on breeding ground, the effects of which can vary among reproductive traits and among sympatric species.
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