Publikation: Migration distance and maternal resource allocation determine timing of birth in a large herbivore
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Birth timing is a key life-history characteristic that influences fitness and population performance. For migratory animals, however, appropriately timing birth on one seasonal range may be constrained by events occurring during other parts of the migratory cycle. We investigated how the use of capital and income resources may facilitate flexibility in reproductive phenology of migratory mule deer in western Wyoming, USA, over a five-year period (2015-2019). Specifically, we examined how seasonal interactions affected three, interrelated life-history characteristics: fetal development, birth mass and birth timing. Females in good nutritional condition at the onset of winter and those that migrated short distances had more developed fetuses (measured as fetal eye diameter in March). Variation in parturition date was explained largely by fetal development, however, there was up to 16 days of plasticity in expected birth date. Plasticity in expected birth date was shaped by income resources in the form of exposure to spring green-up. Although individuals that experienced greater exposure to spring green-up were able to advance expected birth date, being born early or late with respect to fetal development had no effect on birth mass of offspring. Furthermore, we investigated the trade-offs migrating mule deer face by evaluating support for existing theory which predicts that births should be matched to local peaks in resource availability at the birth site. In contrast to this prediction, only long-distance migrants that paced migration with the flush of spring green-up, giving birth shortly after ending migration, were able to match birth with spring green-up. Shorter distance migrants completed migration sooner and gave birth earlier, seemingly trading off more time for offspring to grow and develop over greater access to resources. Thus, movement tactic had profound downstream effects on birth timing. These findings highlight a need to reconsider classical theory on optimal birth timing, which has focused solely on conditions at the birth site.
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AIKENS, Ellen O., Samantha P. H. DWINNELL, Tayler N. LASHARR, Rhiannon P. JAKOPAK, Gary L. FRALICK, Jill RANDALL, Rusty KAISER, Mark THONHOFF, Matthew J. KAUFFMAN, Kevin L. MONTEITH, 2021. Migration distance and maternal resource allocation determine timing of birth in a large herbivore. In: Ecology. Wiley. 2021, 102(6), e03334. ISSN 0012-9658. eISSN 1939-9170. Available under: doi: 10.1002/ecy.3334BibTex
@article{Aikens2021-06Migra-53518, year={2021}, doi={10.1002/ecy.3334}, title={Migration distance and maternal resource allocation determine timing of birth in a large herbivore}, number={6}, volume={102}, issn={0012-9658}, journal={Ecology}, author={Aikens, Ellen O. and Dwinnell, Samantha P. H. and LaSharr, Tayler N. and Jakopak, Rhiannon P. and Fralick, Gary L. and Randall, Jill and Kaiser, Rusty and Thonhoff, Mark and Kauffman, Matthew J. and Monteith, Kevin L.}, note={Article Number: e03334} }
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