Dispersal decisions: Common terns, Sterna hirundo, choose between colonies during prospecting

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-20

  Dittmann, Tobias ^a,b   Zinsmeister, Daniela ^a,c   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a Institute of Avian ResearchVogelwarte Helgoland   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; PHILOPATRY; SEABIRD;

AVES; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 20544472899     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

References (77)

1. D.G. Ainley, C.A. Ribic, and R.C. Wood A demographic study of the south polar skua Catharacta maccormicki at Cape Crozer Journal of Animal Ecology 59 1990 1 20
2. H.P. Andreassen, and R.A. Ims Dispersal in patchy vole populations: role of patch configuration, density dependence, and demography Ecology 82 2001 2911 2926
3. P.H. Becker Flußseeschwalben (Sterna hirundo) in Wilhelmshaven Oldenburger Jahrbuch 96 1996 263 295
4. P.H. Becker Langzeittrends des Bruterfolgs der Flussseeschwalbe und seiner Einflussgrößen im Wattenmeer Vogelwelt 119 1998 223 234
5. P.H. Becker, and A. Anlauf Nistplatzwahl und Bruterfolg der Flussseeschwalbe (Sterna hirundo) im Deichvorland Ökologie der Vögel 10 1988 27 58
6. P.H. Becker, and H. Wendeln A new application for transponders in population ecology of the common tern Condor 99 1997 534 538
7. P.H. Becker, and M. Wink Influences of sex, sex composition of brood and hatching order on mass growth in common terns Sterna hirundo Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54 2003 136 146
8. P.H. Becker, D. Frank, and U. Walter Geographische und jährliche Variation der Ernährung der Flussseeschwalbe (Sterna hirundo) an der Nordseeküste Journal für Ornithologie 128 1987 457 475
9. J.J. Borg Philopatry in Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea in Malta Il-Merill 29 1999 11 15
10. T. Boulinier, and E. Danchin The use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding patch selection in territorial migratory species Evolutionary Ecology 11 1997 505 517
11. C.R. Brown, and M.B. Brown Ectoparasitism as a cause of natal dispersal in cliff swallows Ecology 73 1992 1718 1723
12. C.R. Brown, and M.B. Brown Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow. The Effect of Group Size on Social Behaviour 1996 University of Chicago Press Chicago
13. B. Cadiou, J.-Y. Monnat, and E. Danchin Prospecting in the kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla: different behavioural patterns and the role of squatting in recruitment Animal Behaviour 47 1994 847 856
14. A. Caizergues, and L.N. Ellison Natal dispersal and its consequences in black grouse Tetrao tetrix Ibis 144 2002 478 487
15. G. Chabrzyk, and J.C. Coulson Survival and recruitment in the herring gull Larus argentatus Journal of Animal Ecology 45 1976 187 203
16. A.L. Clarke, B.-E. Sæther, and E. Røskaft Sex biases in avian dispersal: a reappraisal Oikos 79 1997 429 438
17. J.C. Coulson The population dynamics of culling herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls C.M. Perrins J.D. Lebreton G.J. Hirons Bird Population Studies 1991 Oxford University Press Oxford 479 497
18. J.C. Coulson, and G. Nève de Mévergnies Where do young kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla breed, philopatry or dispersal? Ardea 80 1992 187 197
19. E. Curio Why do young birds reproduce less well? Ibis 125 1983 400 404
20. E. Danchin, and J.-Y. Monnat Population dynamics modelling of two neighbouring kittiwake Rissa tridactyla colonies Ardea 80 1992 171 180
21. E. Danchin, and R.H. Wagner The evolution of coloniality: the emergence of new perspectives Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12 1997 342 347
22. E. Danchin, T. Boulinier, and M. Massot Conspecific reproductive success and breeding habitat selection: implications for the study of coloniality Ecology 17 1998 2415 2428
23. V.C.J. Dietrich, T. Schmoll, W. Winkel, and T. Lubjuhn Survival to first breeding is not sex-specific in the coal tit (Parus ater) Journal für Ornithologie 144 2003 148 156
24. T. Dittmann, and P.H. Becker Sex, age, experience and condition as factors affecting arrival date in prospecting common terns, Sterna hirundo Animal Behaviour 65 2003 981 986
25. F.S. Dobson Competition for mates and predominant juvenile male dispersal in mammals Animal Behaviour 30 1982 1183 1192
26. P.F. Doherty, J.D. Nichols, J. Tautin, J.F. Voelzer, G.W. Smith, D.S. Benning, V.R. Bentley, J.K. Bidwell, K.S. Bollinger, A.R. Brazda, E.K. Buelna, J.R. Goldsberry, R.J. King, F.H. Roetker, J.W. Solberg, P.P. Thorpe, and J.S. Wortham Sources of variation in breeding-ground fidelity of mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) Behavioral Ecology 13 2002 543 550
27. D. Draulans The importance of heronries for mate attraction Ardea 76 1988 187 192
28. N. Duncan The effects of culling herring gulls (Larus argentatus) on recruitment and population dynamics Journal of Applied Ecology 15 1978 697 713
29. M. Fasola, H. Hafner, Y. Kayser, R.E. Bennetts, and F. Cézilly Individual dispersal among colonies of little egrets Egretta garzetta Ibis 144 2002 192 199
30. M.G. Forero, J.A. Donázar, and F. Hiraldo Causes and fitness consequences of natal dispersal in a population of black kites Ecology 83 2002 858 872
31. A.J. Gaston The Ancient Murrelet 1992 T. & A.D. Poyser London
32. U.N. Glutz von Blotzheim, and K.M. Bauer Handbuch Der Vögel Mitteleuropas, Vol. 8 1982 Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Wiesbaden
33. J. González-Solís, P.H. Becker, and H. Wendeln Divorce and asynchronous arrival in common terns, Sterna hirundo Animal Behaviour 58 1999 1123 1129
34. P.J. Greenwood Mating systems, philopatry and dispersal in birds and mammals Animal Behaviour 28 1980 1140 1162
35. G. Großkopf Der Einfluß von Alter und Partnerwahl auf das Einsetzen des Brutgeschäfts beim Rotschenkel Tringa totanus totanus Journal für Ornithologie 111 1970 420 437
36. D.J. Halley, M.P. Harris, and S. Wanless Colony attendance patterns and recruitment in immature common murres (Uria aalge) Auk 112 1995 947 957
37. B.A. Harrington Colony visitation behaviour and breeding ages of sooty terns (Sterna fuscata) Bird Banding 1974 115 144
38. M.P. Harris The Puffin 1984 T. & A.D. Poyser Calton
39. J.A.I. Hector, B.K. Follett, and P.A. Prince Reproductive endocrinology of the black-browed albatross Diomedea melanophris and the grey-headed albatross D. chrysostoma Journal of Zoology 208 1986 237 254
40. A. Hernández-Matías, and X. Ruiz Predation on common tern eggs by the yellow-legged gull at the Ebro Delta Scientia Marina 67 2003 95 101
41. A. Hernández-Matías, L. Jover, and X. Ruiz Predation on common tern eggs in relation to sub-colony size, nest aggregation and breeding synchrony Waterbirds 26 2003 280 289
42. H.N. Hoeck Population dynamics, dispersal and genetic isolation in two species of hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei and Procavia johnstoni) on habitat islands in the Serengeti Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 59 1982 177 210
43. R.A. Ims Kinship and origin effects on dispersal and space sharing in Clethrionomys rufocanus Ecology 70 1989 607 616
44. H.P. van der Jeugd Large barnacle goose males can overcome the social costs of natal dispersal Behavioral Ecology 12 2001 275 282
45. N.I. Klomp, and R.W. Furness Variations in numbers of nonbreeding great skuas attending a colony Ornis Scandinavica 21 1990 270 276
46. N.B. Kotliar, and J. Burger The use of decoys to attract least terns (Sterna antillarum) to abandoned colony sites in New Jersey Colonial Waterbirds 7 1984 134 138
47. J.-D. Ludwigs, and P.H. Becker The hurdle of recruitment: influences of arrival date, colony experience and sex in the common tern Sterna hirundo Ardea 90 2002 389 399
48. A. Martínez-Abraín, D. Oró, M.G. Forero, and D. Conesa Modeling temporal and spatial colony-site dynamics in a long-lived seabird Population Ecology 45 2004 133 139
49. J.A. Mills The influence of age and pair-bond on the breeding biology of the red-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus Journal of Animal Ecology 42 1973 147 162
50. J.J. Negro, F. Hiraldo, and F.A. Donazar Causes of natal dispersal in the lesser kestrel: inbreeding avoidance or resource competition? Journal of Animal Ecology 66 1997 640 648
51. I.C.T. Nisbet Courtship feeding, egg size and breeding success in common terns Nature 241 1973 141 142
52. D. Oro, and R. Pradel Determinants of local recruitment in a growing colony of Audouin's gull Journal of Animal Ecology 69 2000 119 132
53. G. Pasinelli, and J.R. Walters Social and environmental factors affect natal dispersal and philopatry of male red-cockaded woodpeckers Ecology 83 2002 2229 2239
54. J.M. Porter Prerequisites for recruitment of kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla Ibis 130 1988 204 215
55. A.E. Pusey Sex-biased dispersal and inbreeding avoidance in birds and mammals Trends in Ecology and Evolution 2 1987 295 299
56. C. Ray, M. Gilpin, and A.T. Smith The effect of conspecific attraction on metapopulation dynamics Biological Journal of the Linnéan Society 42 1991 123 124
57. J.M. Reed, and A.P. Dobson Behavioural constraints and conservation biology: conspecific attraction and recruitment Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8 1993 253 256
58. J.M. Reed, and L.W. Oring Reconnaissance for future breeding sites by spotted sandpipers Behavioral Ecology 3 1992 310 317
59. J.M. Reed, T. Boulinier, E. Danchin, and L.W. Oring Informed dispersal: prospecting by birds for breeding sites V. Nolan Jr. E.D. Ketterson C.F. Thompson Current Ornithology. Vol. 15 1999 Kluwer Academic/Plenum New York 189 259
60. D. Ristow The prospectors in a colony of Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea J. Walmsley J Sultana V. Goutner A. EI Hili Ecologie des Oiseaux Marins et Gestion Intégrée du Littoral en Méditerranée. Quatriéme symposium Méditerranéan des Oiseaux Marins 1998 Arcs Edition Tunis 31 47
61. M.L. Rosenzweig Habitat selection and population interactions: the search for mechanism American Naturalist 137 1991 5 28
62. F. Sarrazin, C. Bagnolini, J.L. Pinna, and E. Danchin Breeding biology during establishment of a reintroduced griffon vulture Gyps fulvus population Ibis 138 1996 315 325
63. S. Schjoerring The evolution of informed dispersal: inherent versus acquired information Evolutionary Ecology Research 4 2002 227 238
64. S. Schjoerring, J. Gregersen, and T. Bregnballe Prospecting enhances breeding success of first-time breeders in the great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis Animal Behaviour 57 1999 647 654
65. D. Serrano, and J.L. Tella Dispersal within a spatially structured population of lesser kestrels: the role of spatial isolation and conspecific attraction Journal of Animal Ecology 72 2003 400 410
66. D.L. Serventy, and P.J. Curry Observations on colony size, breeding success, recruitment and intercolony dispersal in a Tasmanian colony of short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris over a 30-year-period Emu 84 1984 71 79
67. L.B. Spear, P. Pyle, and N. Nur Natal dispersal in the western gull: proximal factors and fitness consequences Journal of Animal Ecology 67 1998 165 179
68. J.A. Spendelow, J.D. Nichols, I.C.T. Nisbet, H. Hays, G.D. Cormons, J. Burger, C. Safina, J.E. Hines, and M. Gochfeld Estimating annual survival and movement rates of adults within a metapopulation of roseate terns Ecology 76 1995 2415 2428
69. H. Weimerskirch Reproductive effort in long-lived birds: age-specific patterns of condition, reproduction and survival in the wandering albatross Oikos 64 1992 464 473
70. H. Wendeln Body mass of female common terns (Sterna hirundo) during courtship: relationships to male quality, egg mass, diet, laying date and age Colonial Waterbirds 20 1997 235 243
71. H. Wendeln, and P.H. Becker Populationsbiologische Untersuchungen an einer Kolonie der Flußseeschwalbe Sterna hirundo Vogelwelt 119 1998 209 213
72. D.A. Wiggins, and R.D. Morris Parental care of the common tern Sterna hirundo Ibis 129 1987 533 540
73. W. Winkel Zum Ortstreue-Verhalten von Kohl-, Blau- und Tannenmeisen (Parus major, P. caeruleus und P. ater) in einem 325 ha großen Untersuchungsgebiet Vogelwelt 102 1981 81 106
74. J.P. Wittenberger Tactics of mate choice P. Bateson Mate Choice 1983 Cambridge University Press Cambridge 435 447
75. J.O. Wolff What is the role of adults in mammalian juvenile dispersal? Oikos 68 1993 173 176
76. R.D. Wooller, and J.C. Coulson Factors affecting the age of first breeding of the kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla Ibis 119 1977 339 349
77. S. Zack, and B.J. Stutchbury Delayed breeding in avian social systems: the role of territorial quality and 'floater' tactics Behaviour 123 1992 194 219