Relationships between territory quality and carotenoid-based plumage colour, cell-mediated immune response, and body mass in Great Tit Parus major nestlings

• Autorzy: Galvan I. , Diaz L. , Sanz J. J.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Zależność między strukturą terytorium a kolorem upierzenia, odpowiedzią immunologiczną i masą ciała piskląt bogatki

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Plumage colour is classified as pigmentary or structural, depending on whether it is caused by pigments or by feather microstructure. However, recent findings indicate that carotenoid-based plumage colouration also reflects at UV-blue wavelengths and that the underlying structure is related to the reflectance properties of the yellow feathers. Thus, yellow plumage is based on interactions between structural and pigmentary components. This study investigated the relationships among the vegetation structure of breeding territories, both components of plumage colour, T-cell- mediated immune response and body mass of nestling Great Tits Parus major. By using a model of avian visual perception, we found that, while plumage yellowness was associated with mature vegetation, plumage brightness and UV- blue reflectance were related to immature habitats in territories. We noted considerable variability in the development of carotenoid-based colour components under different environmental conditions, as plumage yellowness, but not brightness or UV-blue reflectance, depends on the availability of carotenoids, which is assumed to be high in mature territories with high food abundance. Territorial features denoting mature territories were also related to high body mass and immune response in nestlings, but none of the colour components were related to these variables of the vegetation structure, suggesting that habitat quality is related to nestling body mass and immune response through mechanisms different from those through which it is related to colour.

PL

Kolor upierzenia może zależeć od pigmentów występujących w piórach jak i od struktury pióra, która rozprasza światło. W badaniach analizowano związek między strukturą terytorium a dwoma komponentami koloru upierzenia, odpowiedzią immunologiczna i masą ciała piskląt. U 14-15 dniowych piskląt w 15 lęgach, przy pomocy spektrofotometru mierzono odbijanie światła w całym spektrum barw dla piór na piersi. Uzyskane wyniki grupowano ze względu na długości fal biorąc pod uwagę ich zakres odbierany przez oko ptaka, a następnie łączono je przy użyciu analiz składowych głównych (Tab. 1). Analizowany kolor upierzenia bogatek rozdzielono na dwie zmienne — barwę związaną z karotenoidami oraz jaskrawość zależną od struktury pióra. W promieniu 25 m od gniazda szacowano pokrycie terenu drzewami, krzewami oraz skałami, określano grubość drzew, oraz udział poszczególnych gatunków krzewów (młode dęby, janowiec Genista florida, żarnowiec miotlasty). Na tej podstawie charakteryzowano środowiska ze względu na dostępność pożywienia. Odpowiedź immunologiczną badano standardową metodą poprzez podanie fitohemaglutyniny. Barwa ani jaskrawość piór nie były związane z masą ciała czy odpowiedzią immunologiczną piskląt. Stwierdzono, że inne cechy środowiska wyjaśniają jaskrawość koloru, zaś inne barwę związaną z pigmentacją (Tab. 2). Barwa zależna od pigmentacji powiązana z karotenoidami odzwierciedlająca dostępność pożywienia była związana z dojrzałością drzewostanu, zaś jaskrawość była związana był z udziałem krzewów. Masa ciała piskląt była większa w terenach ze starszymi dębami i licznymi żarnowcami (Tab. 3). Odpowiedź immunologiczna była pozytywnie skorelowana z udziałem janowca w środowisku, oraz negatywnie z wiekiem drzewostanu (Tab. 4).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

relationship; territory quality; plumage colour; cell-mediated response; immune response; body mass; Great Tit; Parus major; bird; nestling

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Ornithologica
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: 44
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.139-150,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Galvan I.

• Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
• Department of Ecology, Universidad de Alcalá, Edificio de Ciencias, Ctra. de Barcelona Km 33,600, E-28871 Alcala de Henares, Spain

autor

Diaz L.

• Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain

autor

Sanz J. J.

• Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
• Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente (UCLM), Avda. Carlos III, s/n. E-45071 Toledo, Spain

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DOI

10.3161/000164509X482722