Relationships among territory size, body size, and food availability in a specialist river duck

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العنوان: Relationships among territory size, body size, and food availability in a specialist river duck
المؤلفون: Silvina Ippi, Leandro M. Alvarez, Gerardo Cerón, Rodrigo Aráoz, Pedro G. Blendinger
بيانات النشر: Taylor & Francis, 2018.
سنة النشر: 2018
مصطلحات موضوعية: 0106 biological sciences, TORRENT DUCK, MOUNTAIN RIVERS, Territoriality, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Population density, 010605 ornithology, ANDES RANGE, Ciencias Biológicas, TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOUR, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Invertebrate, FOOD AVAILABILITY, Biomass (ecology), TERRITORIAL DEFENCE, biology, Ecology, Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, Etología, Torrent duck, biology.organism_classification, MERGANETTA ARMATA, Negative relationship, Animal Science and Zoology, Conservation biology, Ornithology, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
الوصف: Models of territorial behaviour predict a reduction in territory size when food availability and competitive pressure increase. Moreover, body size can play an important role in territorial defence. The Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) is a river specialist that exhibits year-round territorial behaviour and long-term pair bonds. Food availability measured as biomass of invertebrates per unit area, territory and body size of Torrent Ducks were studied in the Andes in Argentina to test predictions of territoriality models. The availability of aquatic invertebrates decreased with latitude, while territory size increased. As expected, territory size of Torrent Ducks showed a negative relationship with the availability of aquatic invertebrates, a major food source for Torrent Ducks. Larger males and females paired together and occupied territories with greater food availability. Body size may be important for both males and females for the successful acquisition and defence of territories, especially during the non-breeding season when the contest winner acquires or maintains the territory and the mate. Our results suggest that Torrent Duck specialisation on fast-flowing mountain rivers leads to year-round territoriality in both sexes, a positive correlation between territorial defence and body size, and territory size proportional to food availability and population density. Fil: Ippi, Silvina Graciela. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina Fil: Cerón, Gerardo. Universidad Nacional del Comahue. Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche; Argentina Fil: Alvarez Guerrero, Leandro Manuel. Asociación para la Conservación y el Estudio de la Naturaleza; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte; Argentina Fil: Aráoz, Rodrigo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Jujuy. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Jujuy; Argentina Fil: Blendinger, Pedro Gerardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Tucumán. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina
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اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2018.1438848
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DOI:10.1080/01584197.2018.1438848