Comparing Energetics and Physiological Trait Patterns of North American Birds to Support Ecological Risk Assessment
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Source, Selection Criteria, and Guild Classification
2.2. DEB Model, Parameters, and Traits
2.3. Multidimensional Scaling (MDS)
2.4. Software
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Quality of AmP Entries
3.2. Parameters and Traits of Terrestrial Holarctic Birds
3.3. Parameters and Traits of Species of ERA Interest and Laboratory Species
3.4. MDS Analysis
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Primary DEB parameters 1 | ||
J | Maturity threshold of birth | |
J | Maturity threshold of puberty | |
J cm−2 | Surface-area-specific maximum assimilation rate (assimilation capacity) | |
J cm−3 | Volume-specific somatic maintenance rate | |
cm day−1 | Energy conductance (measures how fast ingested food is made available for production, maintenance and maturation) | |
- | Allocation fraction to soma (fraction of mobilized energy reserve allocated to growth and somatic maintenance) | |
Secondary parameters and traits 2 | ||
day | Age at birth (counted from time of egg fertilization) | |
day | Maximum age | |
day | Age at puberty 3 | |
J cm−3 | Reserve capacity | |
day−1 | Von Bertalanffy growth rate | |
# day−1 | Maximum reproduction rate | |
- | Precociality coefficient (ratio of maturity thresholds of birth and puberty) | |
- | Supply stress (measures maintenance requirements relative to assimilation capacity) | |
day | Maximum starvation time (time to deplete energy reserve in well-fed, full grown bird if only used for somatic maintenance demands) | |
g | Wet weight at birth | |
g | Wet weight at puberty | |
g | Ultimate wet weight (weight of a full-grown, well-fed adult) |
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Muller, E.B.; Romoli, C.; Goussen, B.; Maul, J.D.; Brain, R.; Galic, N. Comparing Energetics and Physiological Trait Patterns of North American Birds to Support Ecological Risk Assessment. Ecologies 2024, 5, 354-367. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies5030022
Muller EB, Romoli C, Goussen B, Maul JD, Brain R, Galic N. Comparing Energetics and Physiological Trait Patterns of North American Birds to Support Ecological Risk Assessment. Ecologies. 2024; 5(3):354-367. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies5030022
Chicago/Turabian StyleMuller, Erik B., Carlo Romoli, Benoit Goussen, Jonathan D. Maul, Richard Brain, and Nika Galic. 2024. "Comparing Energetics and Physiological Trait Patterns of North American Birds to Support Ecological Risk Assessment" Ecologies 5, no. 3: 354-367. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies5030022