Timing of prospecting and the value of information in a colonial breeding bird

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 252-256

  Boulinier, Thierry ^a,b   Danchin, Etienne ^a   Monnat, Jean Yves ^c   Doutrelant, Claire ^a   Cadiou, Bernard ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d Soc Etud Protect Nature Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIAL BREEDING; HABITAT SELECTION; KITTIWAKE; PROSPECTING BEHAVIOUR; PROXIMATE CUE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0030303384     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677230     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Ashcroft, R. E 1976. Breeding biology and survival of puffins. - Dr Phil. Thesis, Oxford University.
2. Baker, R. R 1993. The function of post-fledging exploration: a pilot study of three species of passerines ringed in Britain. - Ornis Scand. 24: 71-79.
3. Boulinier, T. and Danchin, E. The use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding patch selection in territorial migratory species. - Evol. Ecol. (in press).
4. Brown, C. R., Stutchbury, B. J. and Walsh, D. W. 1990. Choice of colony size in birds. - Trends Ecol. Evol. 5: 398-403.
5. Burger, J. 1982. The role of reproductive success in colony-site selection and abandonment in black skimmers (Rynchops niger). - Auk 99: 109-115
6. Cadiou, B., Monnat, J.-Y. and Danchin, E. 1994. Prospecting in the kittiwake. Rissa tridactyla: different behavioural patterns and the role of prospecting in recruitment. - Anim. Behav 47: 847-856.
7. Catchpole, C. K. 1972. A comparative study of territory in the reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) and sedge warbler (A. scroceophalus). - J. Zool., Lond. 166: 213-231.
8. Chabrzyk, G. and Coulson, J. C. 1976. Survival and recruitment in the herring gull Larus argentatus. - J. Anim. Ecol. 45: 187-203.
9. Cody, M. L. 1985. An introduction to habitat selection in birds. - In: Cody, M. L. (ed.). Habitat selection in birds. Academic Press, London, pp. 3-56.
10. Danchin, E. 1987. The behaviour associated with the occupation of breeding site in the kittiwake gull Rissa tridactyla the social status of landing birds. - Anim Behav. 35: 81-93
11. _ 1992. Food shortage as a factor in the 1988 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla breeding failure in Shetland. - Ardea 80: 93-98.
12. _ , Cadiou, B., Monnat, J.-Y. and Estrella, R. R. 1991. Recruitment in long-lived birds: conceptual framework and behavioural mechanisms. - Proc. Int Orn. Conar. 20: 1641-1656.
13. _ and Monnat, J.-Y. 1992. Population dynamics modelling of two neighbouring Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla colonies - Ardea 80: 171-180.
14. Fisher, H. I. and Fisher, M. L. 1969. The visit of Laysan Albatrosses to the breeding colony - Micronesica 5: 173-221.
15. Forbes, L. S. and Kaiser, G. W. 1994. Habitat choice in breeding seabirds: when to cross the information barrier. - Oikos 70: 377-384
16. Furness, R. W. and Birkhead, T. R. 1984. Seabird colony distribution suggests competition for food supplies during the breeding season. - Nature 311: 655-656.
17. Getty, T. 1995. Search, discrimination and selection: mate choice by pied flycatchers. - Am. Nat. 145: 146-154.
18. Harris, M. P. 1983. Biology and survival of the immature Puffin Fratercula arctica. - Ibis 125: 56-73.
19. Klomp, N. I. and Furness, R. W. 1990. Variations in numbers of nonbreeding Great Skuas attendaig a colony. - Ornis Scand. 21: 270-276.
20. Klöpfer, P. H. and Ganzhorn, J. U. 1985. Habitat selection: behavioural aspects. - In: Cody, M. L. (ed.). Habitat selection in birds. Academic Press, London, pp 435-453.
21. Mead, C. J. and Harrison, J. D. 1979. Sand martin movements within Britain and Ireland. - Bird Study 26: 76-86.
22. Monaghan, P., Uttley, J. D., Burns, M. D., Thaine, C. and Blackwood, J. 1989. The relationship between food supply, reproductive effort and breeding success in arctic terns Sterna paradisea. - J. Anim Ecol. 58: 261-274.
23. Monnat, J.-Y., Danchin, E. and Estrella, R. R. 1990. Assessment of environmental quality within the framework of prospecting and recruitment: the squatterism in the Kittiwake. - C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 311: 391-396
24. Nelson, B. 1978. The Gannet. - T. and A. D. Poyser, Berkhamsted.
25. Orians, G. H and Wittenberger, J. F. 1991. Spatial and temporal scales in habitat selection. - Am. Nat. 137: S29-S49.
26. Podolsky, R. H. and Kress, S. K. 1989. Factors affecting colony formation in Leach's storm-petrel. - Auk 106: 332-336.
27. Porter, J. M. and Coulson, J. C. 1987. Long-term recruitment to the breeding group, and the quality of recruits at a Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla colony. - J. Anim. Ecol. 56: 675-689.
28. Reed, J. M. and Dobson, A. P. 1993. Behavioural constraints and conservation biology conspecific attraction and recruitment. - Trends Ecol. Evol. 8: 253-256.
29. _ , and Oring, L. W. 1992. Reconnaissance for future breeding sites by spotted sandpipers. - Behav. Ecol. 3: 310-317.
30. Shields, W. M., Crook, J. R., Hebblethwaite, M. L. and Wiles-Ehmann, S. S. 1988. Ideal free coloniality in the swallows. - In: Slobochikoff, C. N. (ed.). The ecology of social behaviour. Academic Press, London, pp. 189-228.
31. Smith, A. T. and Peacock, M. M. 1990. Conspecific attraction and the determination of metapopulation colonization rates. - Conserv. Biol. 4: 320-323.
32. Smith, S. M. 1978. The "underworld" in a territorial sparrow: adaptive strategy for floaters. - Am. Nat. 112: 571-582.
33. Stamps, J. A. 1987. Conspecifics as cues to territory quality: a preference of juvenile lizards (Anolis aeneus) for previously used territories. - Am. Nat. 129: 629-642.
34. _ 1991. The effect of conspecifics on habitat selection in territorial species. - Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 28: 29-36.
35. Stearns, S. C. 1992. The evolution of life histories - Oxford University Press, Oxford.
36. Stephens, D. W. 1987. On economically tracking a variable environment. - Theor. Pop. Biol. 32: 15-25.
37. _ 1989. Variance and the value of information. - Am. Nat. 134: 128-140.
38. Stutchbury, B. J. 1991. Floater behaviour and territory acquisition in male purple martins. - Anim. Behav. 42: 435-443.
39. Sullivan, M. S. 1994. Mate choice as an information gathering process under time constraint: implications for behaviour and signal design. - Anim. Behav. 47: 141-151.
40. Switzer, P. V. 1993. Site fidelity in predictable and unpredictable habitats. - Evol. Ecol. 7: 533-555.
41. Wiens, J. A. 1985. Habitat selection in variable environments: Shrub-steppe birds. - In: Cody, M. L. (ed.). Habitat selection in birds. Academic Press, London, pp. 227-251.
42. Valone, T. J. 1989. Group foraging, public information, and patch estimation. - Oikos 56: 357-363.
43. Zack, S. and Stutchbury, B. J. 1992. Delayed breeding in avian social systems: the role of territory quality and "floater" tactics. - Behaviour 123: 194-219.
44. Zicus, M. C. and Hennes, S. 1989. Nest prospecting by common goldeneyes. - Condor 91: 807-812