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Environmental influences on Adelie penguin breeding schedules, endocrinology, and chick survival.

Abstract：

:To understand how the social and physical environment influences behaviour, reproduction and survival, studies of underlying hormonal processes are crucial; in particular, interactions between stress and reproductive responses may have critical influences on breeding schedules. Several authors have examined the timing of breeding in relation to environmental stimuli, while others have independently described endocrine profiles. However, few studies have simultaneously measured endocrine profiles, breeding behaviour, and offspring survival across seasons. We measured sex and stress hormone concentrations (oestrogens, testosterone, and corticosterone), timing of breeding, and chick survival, in Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) at two colonies in two different years. Clutch initiation at Cape Bird South (CBS; year 1, ~14,000 pairs) occurred later than at Cape Crozier East (CCE; year 2, ~ 25,000 pairs); however, breeding was more synchronous at CBS. This pattern was probably generated by the persistence of extensive sea ice at CBS (year 1). Higher corticosterone metabolite and lower sex hormone concentrations at CBS correlated with later breeding and lower chick survival compared to at CCE - again, a likely consequence of sea ice conditions. Within colonies, sub-colony size (S, 50-100; M, 200-300; L, 500-600; XL, >1000 pairs) did not influence the onset or synchrony of breeding, chick survival, or hormone concentrations. We showed that the endocrine profiles of breeding Adelie penguins can differ markedly between years and/or colonies, and that combining measures of endocrinology, behaviour, and offspring survival can reveal the mechanisms and consequences that different environmental conditions can have on breeding ecology.

journal_name

Gen Comp Endocrinol

journal_title

General and comparative endocrinology

authors

Ninnes CE,Waas JR,Ling N,Nakagawa S,Banks JC,Bell DG,Bright A,Carey PW,Chandler J,Hudson QJ,Ingram JR,Lyall K,Morgan DK,Stevens MI,Wallace J,Möstl E

doi

10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.05.006

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-08-01 00:00:00

pages

139-47

issue

eissn

0016-6480

issn

1095-6840

pii

S0016-6480(11)00205-X

journal_volume

173

pub_type

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Environmental influences on Adelie penguin breeding schedules, endocrinology, and chick survival.