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Influence of behavioural tactics on recruitment and reproductive trajectory in the kittiwake

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  • Emmanuelle Cam
  • Bernard Cadiou
  • James Hines
  • Jean Yves Monnat

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Many studies have provided evidence that, in birds, inexperienced breeders have a lower probability of breeding successfully. This is often explained by lack of skills and knowledge, and sometimes late laying dates in the first breeding attempt. There is growing evidence that in many species with deferred reproduction, some prebreeders attend breeding places, acquire territories and form pairs. Several behavioural tactics assumed to be associated with territory acquisition have been described in different species. These tactics may influence the probability of recruiting in the breeding segment of the population, age of first breeding, and reproductive success in the first breeding attempt. Here we addressed the influence of behaviour ('squatting') during the prebreeding period on demographic parameters (survival and recruitment probability) in a long-lived colonial seabird species: the kittiwake. We also investigated the influence of behaviour on reproductive trajectory. Squatters have a higher survival and recruitment probability, and a higher probability of breeding successfully in the first breeding attempt in all age-classes where this category is represented. The influence of behaviour is mainly expressed in the first reproduction. However, there is a relationship between breeding success in the first occasion and subsequent occasions. The influence of breeding success in the first breeding attempt on the rest of the trajectory may indirectly reflect the influence of behaviour on breeding success in the first occasion. The shape of the reproductive trajectory is influenced by behaviour and age of first breeding. There is substantial individual variation from the mean reproductive trajectory, which is accounted for by heterogeneity in performance among individuals in the first attempt, but there is no evidence of individual heterogeneity in the rate of change over time in performance in subsequent breeding occasions

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  • Emmanuelle Cam & Bernard Cadiou & James Hines & Jean Yves Monnat, 2002. "Influence of behavioural tactics on recruitment and reproductive trajectory in the kittiwake," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1-4), pages 163-185.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:japsta:v:29:y:2002:i:1-4:p:163-185
    DOI: 10.1080/02664760120108502
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    1. William Link & Evan Cooch & Emmanuelle Cam, 2002. "Model-based estimation of individual fitness," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1-4), pages 207-224.
    2. Evan Cooch & Emmanuelle Cam & William Link, 2002. "Occam's shadow: Levels of analysis in evolutionary ecology--where to next?," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1-4), pages 19-48.
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