Published August 2, 2022 | Version v1
Journal article Open

Incubation parameters, offspring growth, and behavioral adaptations to heat stress of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) in a Neotropical inland colony (Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae)

Description

Schuchmann, Karl-Ludwig, Schley, Martin, Hegmann, Mona, Deus, Filipe Ferreira de, Tissiani, Ana Silvia de Oliveira, Weller, André-A., Marques, Marinêz Isaac (2022): Incubation parameters, offspring growth, and behavioral adaptations to heat stress of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) in a Neotropical inland colony (Aves, Charadriiformes, Laridae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62: 1-13, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.045, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.045

Files

source.pdf

Files (7.0 MB)

Name Size Download all
md5:a8c2e94a0b69c3f2e18f7ab84d1165ff
7.0 MB Preview Download

Linked records

Additional details

Identifiers

LSID
urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FFC2E94A0B69FFF2FF8FFFB84D11FFFF

References

  • Alho,C.J.R. 2008. Biodiversity of the Pantanal: response to seasonal flooding regime and to environmental degradation. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 68(4):957-966. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842008000500005.
  • Alho, C.J.R. 2011. A conservation agenda for the Pantanal´s biodiversity. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 71(1): 327-335. https://doi.org/10.1590/ S1519-69842011000200012.
  • Alho, C.J.R. & Silva, J.S.V. 2012. Effects of severe floods and droughts on wildlife of the Pantanal wetland (Brazil) - a review. Animals, 2(4): 591-610.https://doi.org/10.3390/ani2040591.
  • Alho,C.J.R.;Lacher Jr.,T.E.&Goncalves,H.C.1988.Environmental degradation in the Pantanal environmental degradation in the Pantanal ecosystem: in Brazil, the world's largest wetland is being threatened by human activities.BioScience, 38(3):164-171. https://doi.org/10.2307/1310449.
  • Amat, J.A. & Masero, J.A. 2006. The function of belly-soaking in Kentish Plovers Charadrius alexandrinus. Ibis, 149: 91-97. https://doi. org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00615.x.
  • Amat, J.A.; Monsa, R. & Masero, J.A. 2012. Dual function of egg-covering in the Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus.Behaviour, 149(8): 881-895. https://doi.org/10.2307/41720591.
  • Antas,P.T.Z.;Carrara,L.;Kulaif-Ubaid,F.;Borges-Junior,S.&Pinheiro-Ferreira, L. (Eds.). 2016. Conhecendo o Pantanal, no. 10: Aves coloniais da Reserva Particular do PatrimOnio Natural SESC Pantanal. Rio de Janeiro, SESC - Departamento Nacional.
  • Cade,T.J.&Mclean,G.L.1967.Transport of water by adult sandgrouse to their young.Condor, 69(4): 323-343.https://doi.org/10.2307/1366197.
  • Cordoba-Cordoba, S.; Ouyang, J.Q. & Hauck, S.J. 2010. Nesting preferences and population estimates of a new Black Noddy Anous minutus breeding colony on One Tree Island,Great Barrier Reef, Australia.Marine Ornithology, 38: 79-84.
  • Crabb,L.; Laing, A.;Whitney,B. & Saito,C.2017. Hydroelectric dams threaten Brazil's mysterious Pantanal -one of the world's great wetlands.Available: https://theconversation.com/hydroelectric-dams-threaten-brazils-
  • mysterious-pantanal-one-of-the-worlds-great-wetlands-86588. Access:10/10/2021.
  • Da Silva, C.J.; Wantzen, K.M.; Nunes da Cunha, C. & Machado, F.D.A. 2001. Biodiversity in the Pantanal Wetland, Brazil. In: Gopal, B.; Junk W.J. & Davis, J.A. (Eds.). Biodiversity in wetlands: assessment, function and conservation.Leiden,Backhuys Publishers.v.2, p. 187-215.
  • Deeming,D.C.2002.Avian incubation.Behaviour, environment,and evolution. New York,Oxford University Press.
  • Deeming,D.C.&Ferguson,M.W.J.1991.Egg incubation:its effects on embryonic development in birds and reptiles.Cambridge University Press.464p.
  • Drent, R. 1975. Incubation. In: Farner, D.S.; King, J.R. & Parkes, K.C. (Eds.). Avian biology.New York,Academic Press.p.333-420.
  • Drent,R.H.1970.Functional aspects of incubation in the Herring Gull.Behaviour Supplement, 17:1-132.https://www.jstor.org/stable/30039168.
  • Efe, M.A.; Bugoni, L.; Mohr, L.V.; Scherer, A. & Scherer, S.B. 2001. Firstknown record of breeding for the Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) in a mixed colony in Iticui river, Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil. International Journal of Ornithology, 2001: 103-107.
  • Erwin, R.M. 1977. Black Skimmer breeding ecology and behaviour. The Auk, 94(4): 709-717.https://doi.org/10.2307/4085267.
  • Gordon, C.A.; Christol, D.A. & Beck, R.A. 2000. Low reproductive success of Black Skimmers associated with low food availability. The International Journal of Waterbird Biology, 23(3): 168-171. https://scholarworks. wm.edu/aspubs/61.
  • Grant,G.S.1981. Belly-soaking by incubating Common,Sandwich,and Royal Terns.Journal of Field Ornithology, 52(3):244.
  • Grant, G.S. 1982. Avian incubation. Egg temperature, nest humidity, and behavioural thermoregulation in a hot environment. Ornithological Monographs, 30:1-75. https://doi.org/10.2307/40166669.
  • Grant,G.S.;Paganelli,C.V.&Rahn,H.1984.MicroclimateofGull-billedTernandBlack Skimmernests.Condor,86(3):337-338.https://doi.org/10.2307/1367005.
  • Gwynne,J.A.& Ridgely,R.S.2010.The birds of Brazil.The Pantanal and Cerrado of central Brazil. Ithaca,Cornell University Press.
  • Hart,L.A.;Downs,C.T.& Brown,M.2016.Sitting in the sun:nest microhabitat affects incubation temperatures in seabirds. Journal of Thermal Biology, 60: 149-154.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.07.001.
  • Howell,T.R.& Bartholomew, G.A. 1962.Temperature regulation in the Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata. Ibis, 104: 98-105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474- 919X.1962.tb08632.x.
  • Junk,W.J.; Bayley, P.B. & Sparkt, R.E. 1989.The flood pulse concept in riverfloodplain-systems.Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 106:110-127.
  • Junk, W.J.; Nunes da Cunha, C.; Wantzen, K.M.; Petermann P.; Strussmann, C.; Marques,M.I. & Adis,J.2006.Biodiversity and its conservation in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso,Brazil.Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 68: 278-309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-006-0851-4.
  • Krannitz, P.G. 1989. Nesting biology of Black Skimmers, Large-billed Terns, and Yellow-billed Terns in Amazonian Brazil.Journal of Field Ornithology, 60: 216-223.https://www.jstor.org/stable/4513423.
  • Matthysen, E.; Adriaensen, F. & Dhondt, A.A. 2011. Multiple responses to increasing spring temperatures in the breeding cycle of Blue and Great Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, Parus major). Global Change Biology, 17: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02213.x.
  • McCafferty, D.J. 2013. Applications of thermal imaging in avian science.Ibis, 155:4-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12010.
  • Mclean, G.L. 1974. Belly-soaking in the Charadriiformes. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 72: 74-82.
  • Morales, M. & R Development Core Team. 2012. sciplot: Scientific graphing functions for factorial designs, Version 1.1-0. Available: http://cran.rproject.org/web/packages/sciplot/index.html. Access:15/05/2013.
  • Nakage, E.S.; Cardozo, J.P.; Pereira, G.T.; Queiroz, S.A. & Boleli, I.C. 2003. Effect of temperature on incubation period, embryonic mortality, hatch rate, egg water loss and partridge chick weight (Rhynchotus rufescens). Revista Brasileira de Ciencia Avicola,5:131-135.https://doi.org/10.1590/ S1516-635X2003000200007.
  • Nisbet,I.C.T. 1983.Belly-soaking by incubating and brooding Common Terns. Journal of Field Ornithology, 54(2): 190-192. https://www.jstor.org/ stable/4512811.
  • Paganelli, C.V.; Reeves, R.B.; Greene, D.G. & Rahn, H. 1974. The avian egg: water vapor conductance, shell thickness, and functional pore area. Condor,76:153-158. https://doi.org/10.2307/1366725.
  • Pinheiro, J.; Bates, D.; DebRoy, S.; Sarkar, D.; EISPACK; Heisterkamp, S.; Van Willigen,B.;Ranke,J.&R Development Core Team.2012.nlme:Linear and nonlinear mixed effect models, version 3.1-110. Available: http://cran.rproject.org/web/packages/nlme/index.html. Access:29707/2013.
  • R Development CoreTeam.2013.R: A language and environment for statistical computing. Vienna, R Foundation for Statistical Computing. The R Foundation for Statistical Computing.
  • Raeder, F.L. & Bernhard, R. 2003. A method for quantifying bird colonies in sand bars via GPS. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 63(3): 545-549. https:// doi.org/10.1590/S1519-69842003000300021.
  • Ricklefs,R.E.1967.A graphical method of fitting equations to growth curves. Ecology, 48(6):978-983.https://doi.org/10.2307/1934545.
  • Ricklefs,R.E.1968.Patterns of growth in birds.Ibis, 110(4): 419-451.https:// doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1968.tb00058.x.
  • Ricklefs, R.E. 1973. Patterns of growth in birds. II. Growth rate and mode of development. Ibis, 115(2): 177-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474- 919X.1973.tb02636.x.
  • Ricklefs,R.E.1976.Growth rates of birds in the humid New World tropics.Ibis, 118(2):179-207.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1976.tb03065.x.
  • Riechert, J.; Chastel, O. & Becker, P.H. 2012. Why do experienced birds reproduce better? Possible endocrine mechanisms in a long-lived seabird, the Common Tern. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 178(2):391-399.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.06.022.
  • Roberts,G.R.1976.Belly-soaking and chick transport in the African Skimmer. Ostrich, 47: 126. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blkski.01.
  • Scherer,A.L.;Scherer,J.F.M.;Petry,M.V.&Valiati,V.H.2013.Sexualdimorphism, habitat use and molt in wintering Black Skimmers(Rynchops niger)in the Lagoa do Peixe, southern Brazil. The International Journal of Waterbird Biology,36(4): 438-447.https://doi.org/10.1675/063.036.0401.
  • Schuchmann,K.-L. 1985.Natal care and growth in a nestling Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber in Suriname.Ardea, 74:101-104.
  • Schuchmann, K.-L.; Hegmann, M.; Schley, M.; Marques, M.I.; de Deus, F.F. & Weller, A.-A. 2018. Reproduction and agonistic behavior of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) in a mixed-species colony in the Brazilian Pantanal.Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment,53(3): 219-232. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2018.1479951.
  • Seidl, A.F. & Moraes, A.S. 2000. Global valuation of ecosystem services: application to the Pantanal da Nhecolandia,Brazil.Ecological Economics, 33:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00146-9.
  • Vieira, B.P. 2017. Influence of environmental changes on the resource use and abundance of Black Skimmers. (Doctoral Thesis). University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
  • Ward, D. 1990. Incubation temperatures and behavior of Crowned, Blackwinged, and Lesser Black-winged Plovers. The Auk, 107: 10-17. https:// www.jstor.org/stable/4087797.
  • Webb, D.R. 1987. Thermal tolerance of avian embryos: a review. Condor, 89(4): 874-898.https://doi.org/10.2307/1368537.
  • Zarza,R.; Cintra, R. & Anciaes, M. 2013. Distribution, abundance and habitat selection by breeding Yellow-billed Terns (Sternula superciliaris), Largebilled Terns (Phaetusa simplex) and Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) in the Brazilian Amazon. The International Journal of Waterbird Biology, 36(4): 470-481.https://doi.org/10.1675/063.036.0404.
  • Zusi, R.L. 1996. Family Rynchopidae (Skimmers). In: del Hoyo,J.; Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (Eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. vol. 3, Hoatzin to auks.Barcelona,Lynx Edicions.p. 668-667.
  • Zusi, R.L. & Garcia,E.F.J. 2017. Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger). In: del Hoyo, J.;Elliott,A.;Sargatal,J.;Christie,D.A.& Juana,E.(Eds.).Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive.Barcelona,Lynx Edicions.