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| Title |
Winter body mass and over-ocean flocking as components of danger management by Pacific dunlins
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, January 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6785-10-1 |
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| Authors |
Ronald C Ydenberg, Dick Dekker, Gary Kaiser, Philippa CF Shepherd, Lesley Evans Ogden, Karen Rickards, David B Lank |
| Abstract |
We compared records of the body mass and roosting behavior of Pacific dunlins (Calidris alpina pacifica) wintering on the Fraser River estuary in southwest British Columbia between the 1970s and the 1990s. 'Over-ocean flocking' is a relatively safe but energetically-expensive alternative to roosting during the high tide period. Fat stores offer protection against starvation, but are a liability in escape performance, and increase flight costs. Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) were scarce on the Fraser River estuary in the 1970s, but their numbers have since recovered, and they prey heavily on dunlins. The increase has altered the balance between predation and starvation risks for dunlins, and thus how dunlins regulate roosting behavior and body mass to manage the danger. We therefore predicted an increase in the frequency of over-ocean flocking as well as a decrease in the amount of fat carried by dunlins over these decades. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 40 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Romania | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 37 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 28% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 20% |
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 13% |
| Professor | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
| Unknown | 2 | 5% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 73% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 13% |
| Psychology | 2 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 2 | 5% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 January 2010.
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#6,264,736
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#1,349
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#37,886
of 172,265 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Ecology and Evolution
#18
of 41 outputs
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