ArticleEcology and evolution2023
Determinants of natal dispersal distances in North American birds.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The importance of migratory drop-off for island colonization in birds.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Pooled it
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- Geography, Environmental Conditions and Life History Shape Patterns of Within-Population Phenotypic Variation in North American Birds.Ecology letters · 2025Review
- Long-distance seasonal migration to the tropics promotes genetic diversity but not gene flow in boreal birds.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- New methods for estimating the total wing area of birds.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Determinants of natal dispersal distances in North American birds.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Environmental niche and flight intensity are associated with molecular evolutionary rates in a large avian radiation.BMC ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
Natal dispersal-the movement from birth site to first breeding site-determines demographic and population genetic dynamics and has important consequences for ecological and evolutionary processes. Recent work suggested that one of the main factors determining natal dispersal distances is the cost of locomotion. We evaluated this hypothesis using band recovery data to estimate natal dispersal distances for 50 North American bird species. We then analyzed the relationships between dispersal distances and a suite of morphological and ecological predictors, including proxies for the cost of locomotion (flight efficiency), using phylogenetic regression models. We found that flight efficiency, population size, and habitat influence natal dispersal distances. We discuss how the effects of population size and habitat can also be related to mobility and locomotion. Our findings are consistent with a predominant effect of adaptations for mobility on dispersal distances.
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