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Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals Biases in the Performance of a Morphological Method to Distinguish the Migratory Behaviour of European Robins Erithacus Rubecula

Authors: Hera, Iván de La; Fandos, Guillermo; Fernández-López, Javier; Onrubia, Alejandro; Pérez-Rodríguez, Antón; Pérez-Tris, Javier; Tellería, José Luis;

Stable Isotope Analysis Reveals Biases in the Performance of a Morphological Method to Distinguish the Migratory Behaviour of European Robins Erithacus Rubecula

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Los métodos morfológicos para distinguir grupos de aves con interés de investigación (e.g. distinción de sexos, poblaciones o especies crípticas) requieren de validación independiente para asegurar su funcionamiento adecuado de forma consistente. En este estudio, usamos la relación de isó- topos estables del hidrógeno en las plumas (δ2 Hf ) para comprobar la validez de las funciones de clasificación morfológicas (MCFs) diseñadas con anterioridad para identificar el comportamiento migratorio de los petirrojos Erithacus rubecula invernantes en el sur ibérico. Los resultados revelaron que un gran número de migrantes (sobre todo hembras y jóvenes) fueron clasificados erróneamente como sedentarios, lo que podría comprometer la fiabilidad de los estudios ecológicos previos que han hecho uso de estas MCFs. El desarrollo de MCFs mejoradas o el uso de métodos de diferenciación alternativos (δ2 Hf ) podrían ayudarnos a obtener una idea más realista acerca de la distribución entre hábitats e interacciones ecológicas de los petirrojos migratorios y sedentarios que invernan en simpatría en el sur ibérico

Morphological methods to distinguish between avian groups of research interest (e.g. different sexes, populations or cryptic species) need to be externally validated to ensure reliable performance across situations. In this study, we used stable hydrogen isotope ratios of feathers (δHf) to test the validity of morphological classification functions (MCFs) previously designed to assess the migratory behaviour of European Robins Erithacus rubecula wintering in southern Iberia. Our results show that a great number of migrants (mostly females and juveniles) were erroneously assigned as sedentary, which could compromise the reliability of previous ecological studies that made use of these MCFs. The development of improved MCFs or the use of alternative differentiation methods (δHf) could help us to gain a more realistic insight into the habitat distribution and ecological interactions of sympatric migratory and sedentary robins overwintering in southern Iberia.

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funciones discriminantes, Discriminant functions, Plumas rectrices, Campo de Gibraltar, deuterio, Deuterium, Sympatric interactions, Discriminant functions, Rectrix feathers, Sympatric interactions, Campo de Gibraltar, Interacciones simpátricas, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Rectrix feathers, Deuterio, Funciones discriminantes, sympatric interactions, rectrix feathers, [SDV.BA.ZV] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology, interacciones simpátricas, discriminant functions, deuterium, plumas rectrices

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