Stable-hydrogen isotope measures of natal dispersal reflect observed population declines in a threatened migratory songbird

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dc.contributor.authorStudds, Colin E.
dc.contributor.authorMcFarland, Kent P.
dc.contributor.authorAubry, Yves
dc.contributor.authorRimmer, Christopher C.
dc.contributor.authorHobson, Keith A.
dc.contributor.authorMarra, Peter P.
dc.contributor.authorWassenaar, Leonard I.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-12T18:42:34Z
dc.date.available2019-03-12T18:42:34Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-09
dc.description.abstractAim Measuring dispersal is crucial for estimating demographic rates that inform conservation plans for rare and threatened species. We evaluated natal dispersal patterns in Bicknell's thrush (Catharus bicknelli) across most of the breeding range using a 10‐year data set of stable‐hydrogen isotope ratios in feathers (δ²HF) grown on the natal area and sampled 1 year later at the first breeding site. Location North‐eastern United States and south‐eastern Canada. Methods We used δ²HF values of adult thrushes sampled at 25 breeding sites as prior information for assigning first‐time breeders to their natal site. We calculated the minimum distance birds moved from their natal to first breeding site and fit these data to three statistical distributions for characterizing the importance of long‐distance dispersal: the exponential, Weibull and half‐Cauchy. Finally, we assessed differences in the probability of dispersal across the breeding range and through time to understand spatio‐temporal variation in demographic connectivity. Results The δ²HF values of first‐time breeders were lower compared with those of adults, a difference that was greater at the southern compared with northern breeding range extreme. Assignment tests accounting for age differences in δ²HF suggested that most birds dispersed < 200 km from their natal area and within the centre of the breeding range, whereas comparatively few individuals dispersed up to 700 km. A Weibull distribution provided the best fit to these data. Two of three corrections for age differences in δ²HF indicated that natal dispersal probability declined by 30–38% from 1996 to 2005. Main conclusions Our findings suggest that estimating natal dispersal with δ²HF measurements may contribute to understanding the resilience of geographically isolated Bicknell's thrush populations. Declining natal dispersal may be symptomatic of observed population declines and could compound this trend by limiting demographic exchange between habitat patches predicted to be increasingly isolated by natural and anthropogenic habitat changes.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding was provided by the Conservation andResearch Foundation, the Davis Conservation Foundation,the Frank and Brinna Sands Foundation, the National Fishand Wildlife Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, the Nut-tall Ornithological Club, the Philanthropic Collaborative, theStratton Foundation, the Stratton Mountain Resort, the Tho-mas Marshall Foundation, the Wallace Genetic Foundation,a State Wildlife Grant through the Vermont Fish and Wild-life Department, the Vermont Monitoring Cooperative,USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station, U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service, the William P. Wharton Trust,friends of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and the Ver-mont Institute of Natural Science, and Environment Canada.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00931.xen_US
dc.format.extent12 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2gbk3-0pmx
dc.identifier.citationColin E. Studds, Kent P. McFarland, Stable‐hydrogen isotope measures of natal dispersal reflect observed population declines in a threatened migratory songbird, (Diversity Distrib.)(2012)18, 919–930, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00931.xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00931.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/13021
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Geography and Environmental Systems Department
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dc.subjectBicknell’s thrushen_US
dc.subjectconservation biogeographyen_US
dc.subjectdispersalen_US
dc.subjectmovement ecologyen_US
dc.subjectNeotropical–Nearctic migratory birden_US
dc.subjectpopulation declinesen_US
dc.subjectstable isotopesen_US
dc.titleStable-hydrogen isotope measures of natal dispersal reflect observed population declines in a threatened migratory songbirden_US
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