Optimal annual routines: behaviour in the context of physiology and ecology

McNamara, John M; Houston, Alasdair I

doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2141

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Optimal annual routines: behaviour in the context of physiology and ecology

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McNamara, John M, Houston, Alasdair I·2008·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

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Organisms in a seasonal environment often schedule activities in a regular way over the year. If we assume that such annual routines have been shaped by natural selection then life-history theory should provide a basis for explaining them. We argue that many life-history trade-offs are mediated by underlying physiological variables that act on various time scales. The dynamics of these variables often preclude considering one period of the year in isolation. In order to capture the essence of annual routines, and many life-history traits, a detailed model of changes in physiological state over the annual cycle is required. We outline a modelling approach based on suitable physiological and ecological state variables that can capture this underlying biology, and describe how models based on this approach can be used to generate a range of insights and predictions.

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Factors that contribute to the selection of a spawning location are many and complex, and depend on constraints that affect fish throughout their entire life cycle, not only the larval stage.
“Thus, factors that contribute to the selection of a spawning location are many and complex, and depend on constraints that affect fish throughout their entire life cycle, not only the larval stage (Claydon, 2004;McNamara and Houston, 2008).”
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The “Timing of breeding” section describes breeding decisions as depending on several ecological and physiological factors, including food for young and the parent’s condition. The “Migratory journey” section also describes effects that carry from one part of the annual cycle into another. These passages support the broader point that reproduction is not determined solely by conditions for young, but they do not address how fish select spawning locations or distinguish larval from other fish life stages. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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Authors: McNamara, J. M., & Houston, A. I.
Affiliations: University of Bristol (GB)
Corresponding author: McNamara, John M
ORCID: McNamara, John M
Houston, Alasdair I
Venue: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher: The Royal Society
Published: 2007-08-02
Volume: 363
Issue: 1490
Pages: 301-319
ISSN: 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2141
PMC: PMC2606752
OpenAlex: W2149016771
Cited by: 216
References: 136
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 8.75
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ (tdm)
Locations: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
Funders: Leverhulme Trust
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
Keywords: seasonal behavior, life-history trade-offs, annual cycle, life history theory, ecophysiology, state variables, natural selection
MeSH terms: Adipose Tissue, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Birds, Energy Metabolism, Feathers, Models, Biological, Periodicity, Phenotype, Reproduction, Ecosystem

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