Density-mediated carry-over effects explain variation in breeding output across time in a seasonal population

被引:18
作者
Betini, Gustavo S. [1 ]
Griswold, Cortland K. [1 ]
Norris, D. Ryan [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Guelph, Dept Integrat Biol, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
seasonality; density-dependence; Drosophila; DEPENDENCE; HISTORY;
D O I
10.1098/rsbl.2013.0582
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
In seasonal environments, where density dependence can operate throughout the annual cycle, vital rates are typically considered to be a function of the number of individuals at the beginning of each season. However, variation in density in the previous season could also cause surviving individuals to be in poor physiological condition, which could carry over to influence individual success in the following season. We examine this hypothesis using replicated populations of Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruitfly, over 23 non-overlapping generations with distinct breeding and non-breeding seasons. We found that the density at the beginning of the non-breeding season negatively affected the fresh weight of individuals that survived the non-breeding season and resulted in a 25% decrease in per capita breeding output among those that survived to the next season to breed. At the population level, per capita breeding output was best explained by a model that incorporated density at the beginning of the previous non-breeding season (carry-over effect, COE) and density at the beginning of the breeding season. Our results support the idea that density-mediated COEs are critical for understanding population dynamics in seasonal environments.
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