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Costs of reproduction in common eiders ( Somateria mollissima ): An assessment of relationships between reproductive effort and future survival and reproduction based on observational and experimental studies

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  • Nigel Yoccoz
  • Kjell Erikstad
  • Jan Bustnes
  • Sveinn Hanssen
  • Torkild Tveraa

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The two traditional approaches to the study of costs of reproduction, correlational and experimental, have been used in parallel in a breeding colony of common eiders ( Somateria mollissima ) and were compared in this paper. The analysis of the observational data was based on a two-strata capture-recapture model, the strata being defined on the basis of the clutch size laid by individual females in a given year. The best model according to AIC C indicated substantial variation in survival, recapture and transition rates, but overall a pattern emerged: females laying large clutches have a somewhat higher survival and much higher capture rate than females laying small clutches, and transition from large to small clutch size occurs much more frequently than the reverse transition. The analysis of the experimental data (adding/removing one egg) showed that no clear effect was found on either survival or transition rates. We conclude by suggesting (1) that condition should be included in multi-strata models in addition to reproductive effort; (2) that a specific study design for estimating the proportion of non-breeding females should be implemented, and (3) that non-breeding (a non-observable state in this study) may be influenced by previous reproduction events.

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  • Nigel Yoccoz & Kjell Erikstad & Jan Bustnes & Sveinn Hanssen & Torkild Tveraa, 2002. "Costs of reproduction in common eiders ( Somateria mollissima ): An assessment of relationships between reproductive effort and future survival and reproduction based on observational and experimental," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1-4), pages 57-64.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:japsta:v:29:y:2002:i:1-4:p:57-64
    DOI: 10.1080/02664760120108458
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    1. James Nichols, 2002. "Discussion comments on: 'Occam's shadow: Levels of analysis in evolutionary ecology-- where to next?' by Cooch, Cam and Link," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1-4), pages 49-52.
    2. Sveinn Are Hanssen & Kjell Einar Erikstad, 2013. "The long-term consequences of egg predation," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 24(2), pages 564-569.
    3. Blandine Doligez & Jean Clobert & Richard Pettifor & Marcus Rowcliffe & Lars Gustafsson & Christopher Perrins & Robin McCleery, 2002. "Costs of reproduction: Assessing responses to brood size manipulation on life-history and behavioural traits using multi-state capture-recapture models," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1-4), pages 407-423.

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