| Title: |
Interspecies synchrony in departure decisions from stopover sites: evidence using a multi‐species capture-recapture model |
| Authors: |
Roques, Sébastien; Henry, Pierre‐yves; Dugué, Hubert; Gautier, Sébastien; Chil, Jean‐luc; Provost, Pascal; Turek, Daniel; Cam, Emmanuelle; Pradel, Roger |
| Contributors: |
Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE); École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD Occitanie )-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry (UMPV); Centre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l'Environnement (CRBE); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Université de Toulouse (EPE UT); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse); Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV); Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Centre de Recherches sur la Biologie des Populations d'Oiseaux (CRBPO); Centre d'Ecologie et des Sciences de la COnservation (CESCO); Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); association acrola 10 rue de la paix 44480 Donges; OFB Direction régionale Bretagne (OFB - DR BZH); Office français de la biodiversité (OFB); OFB Direction régionale Pays-de-la-Loire (OFB - DR PDL); Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux (LPO); Lafayette College Easton; Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR) (LEMAR); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Brest (UBO EPE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Source: |
ISSN: 0030-1299. |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD; Nordic Ecological Society |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier: HAL-UPS |
| Subject Terms: |
synchrony; Bayesian; capture-recapture; bird migration; stopover ecology; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] |
| Description: |
International audience ; During migration, migratory bird species often aggregate at the same stopover sites due to geographical features that channel migratory routes (coasts, valleys) or locally abundant food resources (e.g. reedbeds, fruiting bushes). In migration ecology, however, stopover behavior is often studied on a single species, limiting the generality of inferences and their application to habitat management. If stopover decisions are similar across co‐occurring species, characterizing stopover ecology at a community level could provide more comprehensive insights. Using recent advances in modelling, we adapted a multi‐species capture‐recapture model to 1) quantify synchrony in stopover departure probabilities across species and 2) identify covariates driving this synchrony. We applied this model to three migratory songbirds commonly captured at French stopover sites: the sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenu s, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaeus and bluethroat Luscinia svecica . Departure decisions were largely synchronous across species, with time since arrival (TSA) as the primary synchronizing factor and weather conditions as a secondary influence. High synchrony in departure timing produced waves of migrant departures and consistent patterns in departure decisions across species, suggesting shared fuelling and timing strategies. Although this phenomenon has been documented via visual counts and radar, it has not been formally quantified at the species‐level using capture‐recapture methods. Our model is flexible and can test hypotheses regarding spatial synchrony in departure decisions. With decades of capture–recapture data available across Europe and North America, our approach offers new potential for studying stopover ecology at the community level, over large geographic and temporal scales. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
WOS: 001495438700001 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/oik.11270 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-05100411; https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-05100411v1/document; https://hal.univ-brest.fr/hal-05100411v1/file/Oikos%20-%202025%20-%20Roques%20-%20Interspecies%20synchrony%20in%20departure%20decisions%20from%20stopover%20sites%20evidence%20using%20a%20multi%E2%80%90species.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/oik.11270 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.38C2A456 |
| Database: |
BASE |