Salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.

The annual migration and spawning event of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) can lead to cross-boundary delivery of marine-derived nutrients from their carcasses into adjacent terrestrial ecosystems. The densities of some passerine species, including Pacific wrens (Troglodytes pacificus), have been...

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Autores principales:	Kirsten A Wilcox, Marlene A Wagner, John D Reynolds
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1591b6a31e4047ec8584274ae1f663992021-12-02T20:19:40ZSalmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0254314https://doaj.org/article/1591b6a31e4047ec8584274ae1f663992021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254314https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203The annual migration and spawning event of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) can lead to cross-boundary delivery of marine-derived nutrients from their carcasses into adjacent terrestrial ecosystems. The densities of some passerine species, including Pacific wrens (Troglodytes pacificus), have been shown to be positively correlated with salmon abundance along streams in Alaska and British Columbia, but mechanisms maintaining these densities remain poorly understood. Riparian areas near salmon streams could provide higher quality habitat for birds through greater food availability and more suitable vegetation structure for foraging and breeding, resulting in wrens maintaining smaller territories. We examined relationships between salmon biomass and Pacific wren territory size, competition, and habitat selection along 11 streams on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. We show that male wren densities increase and territory sizes decrease as salmon-spawning biomass increases. Higher densities result in higher rates of competition as male wrens countersing more frequently to defend their territories along streams with more salmon. Wrens were also more selective of the habitats they defended along streams with higher salmon biomass; they were 68% less likely to select low-quality habitat on streams with salmon compared with 46% less likely at streams without salmon. This suggests a potential trade-off between available high-quality habitat and the cost of competition that structures habitat selection. Thus, the marine-nutrient subsidies provided by salmon carcasses to forests lead to higher densities of wrens while shifting the economics of territorial defence toward smaller territories being defended more vigorously in higher quality habitats.Kirsten A WilcoxMarlene A WagnerJohn D ReynoldsPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0254314 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Kirsten A Wilcox Marlene A Wagner John D Reynolds Salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.
description	The annual migration and spawning event of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) can lead to cross-boundary delivery of marine-derived nutrients from their carcasses into adjacent terrestrial ecosystems. The densities of some passerine species, including Pacific wrens (Troglodytes pacificus), have been shown to be positively correlated with salmon abundance along streams in Alaska and British Columbia, but mechanisms maintaining these densities remain poorly understood. Riparian areas near salmon streams could provide higher quality habitat for birds through greater food availability and more suitable vegetation structure for foraging and breeding, resulting in wrens maintaining smaller territories. We examined relationships between salmon biomass and Pacific wren territory size, competition, and habitat selection along 11 streams on the coast of British Columbia, Canada. We show that male wren densities increase and territory sizes decrease as salmon-spawning biomass increases. Higher densities result in higher rates of competition as male wrens countersing more frequently to defend their territories along streams with more salmon. Wrens were also more selective of the habitats they defended along streams with higher salmon biomass; they were 68% less likely to select low-quality habitat on streams with salmon compared with 46% less likely at streams without salmon. This suggests a potential trade-off between available high-quality habitat and the cost of competition that structures habitat selection. Thus, the marine-nutrient subsidies provided by salmon carcasses to forests lead to higher densities of wrens while shifting the economics of territorial defence toward smaller territories being defended more vigorously in higher quality habitats.
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title	Salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.
title_short	Salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.
title_full	Salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.
title_fullStr	Salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.
title_full_unstemmed	Salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.
title_sort	salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
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Salmon subsidies predict territory size and habitat selection of an avian insectivore.

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