Social learning and culture in birds: emerging patterns and relevance to conservation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 380(1925)

Опубликована: Май 1, 2025

There is now abundant evidence for a role of social learning and culture in shaping behaviour range avian species across multiple contexts, from migration routes geese foraging crows, to passerine song. Recent emerging has further linked fitness outcomes some birds, highlighting its potential importance conservation. Here, we first summarize the state knowledge on focusing best-studied contexts migration, foraging, predation We identify extensive gaps taxa but argue that existing suggests that: (i) are taxonomically clustered (ii) reliance one behavioural domain does not predict others. Together, use this build predictive framework aid conservationists species-specific decision-making under imperfect knowledge. Second, review link between conservation birds. understanding which behaviours birds likely learn socially can help refine strategies, improving trajectories threatened populations. Last, present practical steps how consideration be integrated into actions including reintroductions, translocations captive breeding programmes.This article part theme issue 'Animal culture: changing world'.

Язык: Английский

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Herbivore diversity effects on Arctic tundra ecosystems: a systematic review

Environmental Evidence, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(1)

Опубликована: Март 25, 2024

Northern ecosystems are strongly influenced by herbivores that differ in their impacts on the ecosystem. Yet role of herbivore diversity shaping structure and functioning tundra has been overlooked. With climate land-use changes causing rapid shifts Arctic species assemblages, a better understanding consequences for ecosystem is urgently needed. This systematic review synthesizes available evidence effects different processes, functions, properties ecosystems. Following published protocol, our combined primary field studies retrieved from bibliographic databases, search engines specialist websites compared responses to levels vertebrate invertebrate diversity. We used number functional groups (i.e., group richness) as measure assemblage. screened titles, abstracts, full texts using pre-defined eligibility criteria. critically appraised validity studies, tested influence moderators, conducted sensitivity analyses. Quantitative synthesis calculation effect sizes) was performed reported at least five articles meta-regressions including potential modifiers those 10 articles. The literature searches 5944 After screening texts, 201 3713 individual comparisons) were deemed relevant review, with 2844 these included quantitative syntheses. base concentrated around well-established research locations focuses mainly vegetation. Overall, greater led increased abundance feeding marks soil temperature, reduced total plants, graminoids, forbs, litter, plant leaf size, height, moss depth, but difficult tease apart excluding herbivores. graminoid lichen compensated each other, leading no net when combined. In turn, smaller large-bodied only height occurring together not separately. Greater other habitat types. underscores importance function ecosystems, exerting additive or compensatory can be modulated environmental conditions. Still, many challenges remain fully understand complex Future should explicitly address beyond presence-absence, targeting broader range A will enhance ability predict whether where assemblages might mitigate further amplify change

Язык: Английский

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Avian migration clocks in a changing world

Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 210(4), С. 691 - 716

Опубликована: Фев. 2, 2024

Abstract Avian long-distance migration requires refined programming to orchestrate the birds’ movements on annual temporal and continental spatial scales. Programming is particularly important as typically anticipate future environmental conditions. Hence, has long been of particular interest in chronobiology. Captivity studies using a proxy, shift nocturnality during seasons (i.e., migratory restlessness), have revealed circannual circadian regulation, well an innate sense direction. Thanks rapid development tracking technology, detailed information from free-flying birds, including annual-cycle data actograms, now allows relating this mechanistic background behaviour wild. Likewise, genomic approaches begin unravel many physiological pathways that contribute migration. Despite these advances, it still unclear how programmes are integrated with specific conditions experienced journey. Such knowledge imminently environments undergo anthropogenic modification. Migratory birds group not dealing changes, yet some species show remarkable adjustments at behavioural genetic levels. Integrated research interdisciplinary collaborations needed understand range responses change, more broadly, functioning timing under natural

Язык: Английский

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Experience reduces route selection for conspecifics by the collectively migrating white stork

Current Biology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 34(9), С. 2030 - 2037.e3

Опубликована: Апрель 17, 2024

Migration can be an energetically costly behavior with strong fitness consequences in terms of mortality and reproduction.1Sillett T.S. Holmes R.T. Variation survivorship a migratory songbird throughout its annual cycle.J. Anim. Ecol. 2002; 71: 296-308https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00599.xCrossref Scopus (717) Google Scholar,2Alerstam T. Hedenström A. Åkesson S. Long-distance migration: evolution determinants.Oikos. 2003; 103: 247-260https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12559.xCrossref (891) Scholar,3Keefer M. Peery C. Heinrich Temperature-mediated en route migration travel rates endangered Snake River sockeye salmon.Ecology Freshwater Fish. 2008; 17: 136-145https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2007.00267.xCrossref (91) Scholar,4Klaassen R.H. Hake Strandberg R. Koks B.J. Trierweiler Exo K.M. Bairlein F. Alerstam When where does occur birds? Direct evidence from long-term satellite tracking raptors.J. 2014; 83: 176-184https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12135Crossref PubMed (362) Scholar,5Lok Overdijk O. Piersma The cost spoonbills suffer higher during trans-Saharan spring migrations only.Biol. Lett. 2015; 1120140944https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0944Crossref (98) Scholar,6Loonstra A.H.J. Verhoeven M.A. Senner N.R. Both Adverse wind conditions northward Sahara crossings increase the in-flight Black-tailed Godwits.Ecol. 2019; 22: 2060-2066https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13387Crossref (48) Scholar,7Alerstam Högstedt G. Bird reproduction relation to habitats for survival breeding.Ornis Scand. 1982; 13: 25-37https://doi.org/10.2307/3675970Crossref (78) Scholar,8George R.W. Evolution life cycles, including migration, spiny lobsters (Palinuri- dae).N. Z. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 2005; 39: 503-514https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2005.9517329Crossref (36) Scholar,9Hebblewhite Merrill E. McDermid A multi-scale test forage maturation hypothesis partially ungulate population.Ecol. Monogr. 78: 141-166https://doi.org/10.1890/06-1708.1Crossref (370) Scholar,10Somveille Rodrigues A.S.L. Manica Why do birds migrate? macroecological perspective.Glob. Biogeogr. 24: 664-674https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12298Crossref (131) Scholar,11Flack Aikens E.O. Kölzsch Nourani Snell K.R.S. Fiedler W. Linek N. Bauer H.G. Thorup K. Partecke et al.New frontiers bird research.Curr. Biol. 2022; 32 (R1187-R1199)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.028Abstract Full Text PDF (19) Scholar Migrants should select routes minimize their costs, but both costs benefits may change experience.12Sergio Tanferna De Stephanis Jiménez L.L. Blas Tavecchia Preatoni D. Hiraldo Individual improvements selective shape lifelong performance.Nature. 515: 410-413https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13696Crossref (237) Scholar,13Aikens Wikelski Flack Learning shapes development behavior.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2024; 121e2306389121https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306389121Crossref (1) Scholar,14Penteriani V. Lamamy Kojola I. Heikkinen Vermeulen del Mar Delgado Age Ain't Nothing But Number: factors other than age brown bear movement patterns.Animal Behaviour. 183: 61-67https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.10.020Crossref (2) This raises question whether experience changes how individuals routes. Here, we investigate effect on selection criteria collectively migrating soaring bird, white stork (Ciconia ciconia). We perform step-selection analysis longitudinal dataset 158 storks over up 9 years quantify they based social atmospheric environments examine this age. find clear ontogenetic shifts criteria. Juveniles choose that have good high conspecific densities. Yet, as gain experience, storks' availability information reduces—after fifth experienced also low Thus, our results suggest age, gradually replace gleaned gained allowing them shift timing increasing timescale at which

Язык: Английский

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North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates

Movement Ecology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 13(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 13, 2025

Abstract Background Many species are exhibiting range shifts associated with anthropogenic change. For migratory species, colonisation of new areas can require novel programmes that facilitate navigation between independently-shifting seasonal ranges. Therefore, in some cases range-shifts may be limited by the capacity for to transferred generations, which genetically and socially mediated. Methods Here we used 50 years North American Breeding Bird Survey Audubon Christmas Count data test prediction breeding and/or non-breeding more prevalent among flocking migrants, possess a rapid social transmission migration routes. Results Across 122 bird was significant positive predictor magnitude centre abundance (COA) shift within our study region (conterminous United States Southern Canada). subset 81 where age-structured determined, migrating mixed-age flocks produced greatest solo migrants lowest. Flocking not COA shifts, were better explained absolute population trends distance. Conclusions Our results suggest grouping play an important role facilitating distributional responses climate change species. We highlight need gain understanding programme inheritance, how this influences spatiotemporal dynamics under environmental

Язык: Английский

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Pathogenic potential of ornithogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> strains detected in the Earth's polar regions

Journal of microbiology epidemiology immunobiology, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 101(6), С. 758 - 768

Опубликована: Янв. 14, 2025

Introduction. Pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli are an important object surveillance within the One Health concept in wild, agriculture and human society. Migratory bird colonies high latitude avian may be points active intraspecies interspecies contact between different animal species, accompanied by spread pathogens. At same time, phylogeography E. relation to presence natural foci colibacillosis polar regions remains virtually unstudied. The aim this study was assess pathogenic potential from Earth, based on analysis genomes these bacteria typical ornithogenic ecosystems Arctic Antarctic. Materials methods. used collections isolated biological material during expeditions areas (archipelagos Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, Svalbard) Antarctic (Haswell Archipelago). 16 cultures associated with (12 4 temperate strains) were selected for genome-wide sequencing using BGI technology. annotation focused identification genes pathogenicity factors antimicrobial resistance, as well belonging individual genetic lineages cgMLST method. Results. allowed their assignment sequence types multilocus typing schemes. geographical distribution determined method showed global representation geographically distant planet. For example, cgST 133718 observed Antarctica (strain 17_1myr) UK, 11903, which strain 32-1 northernmost point Zemlya belonged, previously identified USA. All studied characterized extensive virulence. Among haemolysins A, E, F, siderophores, including yersiniabactin gene cluster, a number adhesion, colonization invasion factors, thermostable enterotoxin EAST-1 that characterize enteroaggregative (the virulence regulator eilA protein (air)). (33-1) had determinants antibiotic particular extended-spectrum beta-lactamase TEM-1b Tn1721 transposon, tetracycline resistance (tetA-TetR), detected its genome. Conclusion. results indicate circulation strong high-latitude ecosystems. genomic data indicates widespread regions, justifies importance monitoring epidemic clones coli, along other pathogens, areas.

Язык: Английский

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Birdwatching in the digital age: how technologies shape relationships to birds

BioScience, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Май 15, 2025

Abstract Advances in technologies have affected birdwatching and its popularization through time. To better understand how, we expose ways by which today's digital technology—typically taken for granted—shapes the social practices of birdwatching, shifts human–bird relationships has consequences birds themselves. Starting transition from analogue to digital, highlight how functioned enhance human abilities create connections among people, organizations, places. We then analyze contemporary (e.g., cameras, media, online biodiversity monitoring platforms), demonstrating their entry into reformulates interests power various actors. Such processes affect experience perceived benefits, organization communities, are seen. conclude, address societal ethical implications focusing on democratizing potential, as well concerns over privacy, data ownership, uneven engagement.

Язык: Английский

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Adaptation to climate change through dispersal and inherited timing in an avian migrant

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 7(11), С. 1869 - 1877

Опубликована: Сен. 14, 2023

Язык: Английский

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The overlooked importance of vagrancy in ecology and evolution

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 39(1), С. 19 - 22

Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Making better use of tracking data can reveal the spatiotemporal and intraspecific variability of species distributions

Ecography, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Апрель 5, 2024

Understanding geographic ranges and species distributions is crucial for effective conservation, especially in the light of climate land use change. However, spatial, temporal intraspecific resolution digital accessible information on often limited. Here, we suggest to make better high‐resolution tracking data address existing limitations occurrence records such as spatial biases (e.g. lack observations parts range), during a certain period year), insufficient variability population‐ or individual‐level variation). Addressing these gaps can improve our knowledge ranges, intra‐annual changes distributions, population‐level differences habitat space use. We demonstrate this with distribution models (SDMs) barnacle goose, migratory bird wintering western Europe breeding Arctic. Our analyses show that 1) supplement from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) remote areas European Russian Arctic, 2) wintering, staging 3) be used reveal patterns at population level. recommend broader Wallacean shortfall (i.e. incomplete species) forecasts biodiversity responses change vulnerability assessments). To avoid common pitfalls, provide six recommendations consideration research cycle when using modelling, including steps assess integrate modelling approaches.

Язык: Английский

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