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Habitat quality influences seabird breeding site selection and persistence. Successful sites show higher site fidelity, while density impacts colonization differently, highlighting the need for nuanced population models.

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Area of Science:

  • Evolutionary Ecology
  • Behavioral Ecology
  • Population Dynamics

Background:

  • Habitat selection hypotheses in evolutionary ecology link individual fitness to breeding habitat quality.
  • Breeding success and conspecific density are potential indicators of habitat quality.
  • Understanding site occupancy dynamics is crucial for assessing habitat quality and population persistence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how site occupancy dynamics, including persistence and colonization, are influenced by habitat quality surrogates.
  • To model nest site use probability in Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) over a 20-year period.
  • To integrate behavioral ecology hypotheses into population and metapopulation dynamics models.

Main Methods:

  • Modeled nest site use probability using a 20-year dataset of a Black-legged Kittiwake subcolony.
  • Estimated site persistence, first colonization, and recolonization probabilities.
  • Incorporated site-specific and neighboring breeding success, and conspecific density into the models.

Main Results:

  • Reproductively successful sites exhibited higher persistence probability, primarily due to site fidelity.
  • A negative quadratic relationship was observed between local density and persistence probability.
  • First colonization probability decreased with density, while recolonization probability remained constant; both dynamics positively correlated with neighboring breeding success.

Conclusions:

  • Habitat quality, indicated by breeding success and density, significantly influences seabird site occupancy dynamics.
  • Distinguishing between first colonization and recolonization is essential for accurate population modeling.
  • Integrating individual decision-making processes enhances the ecological and evolutionary relevance of population dynamics models.