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dc.contributor.authorGajdosova, Dorota
dc.contributor.authorMusil, Petr
dc.contributor.authorZouhar, Jan
dc.contributor.authorMusilová, Zuzana
dc.contributor.authorNeuzilová, Sárka
dc.contributor.authorPavon-Jordan, Diego
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Bohemia, Czechiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T10:40:49Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T10:40:49Z
dc.date.created2023-03-17T09:40:20Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.issn0019-1019
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3092336
dc.description.abstractBody condition of breeding females is an important driver of an individual’s fitness and the consequent dynamics of populations. Long-term changes in female body condition are likely to be affected by recent shifts in climatic and environmental conditions that can result in changes to population demography. To help explain the drivers shaping body condition during the incubation period and its consequences for reproductive success, we examined the long-term pattern in the body condition of breeding females of two declining sympatric diving duck species: Common Pochard Aythya ferina and Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula. We analysed the data obtained from 139 females of Common Pochard and 251 females of Tufted Duck breeding on fishponds in South Bohemia, Czechia, between 2004 and 2020. We calculated the body condition index of females during late incubation based on the residuals from the relationship between body mass and tarsus length and used the incubation stage as an additional predictor of body mass. Body condition of both species did not decline over the 17 years of the study. The effect of winter weather conditions (winter temperature), water transparency (a proxy for food availability) and reproductive investment on body condition was not confirmed. Female body condition positively affected mean egg mass and hatchability in both studied species, i.e. females in better body condition laid larger eggs and hatched eggs with a higher hatching probability. We conclude that the population declines of the studied species are probably not connected to decreasing body condition of breeding females, but other reasons such as change in breeding propensity or offspring survival and recruitment should be considered in future studies.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ibi.13208
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectbody condition indexen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectdiving ducksen_US
dc.subjectegg massen_US
dc.subjecthatchabilityen_US
dc.titleLong-term increase in female body condition and its effect on reproduction in two European red-listed species, Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) and Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)en_US
dc.title.alternativeLong-term increase in female body condition and its effect on reproduction in two European red-listed species, Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) and Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)en_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2023 The Authorsen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1217-1234en_US
dc.source.volume165en_US
dc.source.journalIBISen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ibi.13208
dc.identifier.cristin2134654
dc.relation.projectAndre: Technology Agency of the Czech Republic SS01010280en_US
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