Afrotropical passerines grow wing feathers faster than their European counterparts

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F25%3A00639923" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/25:00639923 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11310/25:10504571 RIV/00216224:14310/25:00142905

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/205/2/zlaf123/8272966" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/205/2/zlaf123/8272966</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf123" target="_blank" >10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf123</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Afrotropical passerines grow wing feathers faster than their European counterparts

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Latitudinal gradients in environmental conditions shape avian life-history strategies by influencing resource allocation among growth, survival, and reproduction. Feather production, which is essential for flight, thermoregulation, and predator avoidance, represents a key component of avian energy allocation. We examined interspecific variation in wing and tail feather growth rates and quality in passerine birds from European temperate and Afrotropical regions using data from 679 adults representing 132 species from 36 families. Our findings reveal distinct latitudinal differences in feather growth: tropical breeding passerines exhibit significantly faster wing feather growth rates than temperate zone breeding species, while tail feather growth is lower in tropical species. Additionally, fault bars were common in the tail feathers of tropical species but almost absent in wing feathers across both regions. This absence was particularly apparent among temperate breeding long-distance migratory species. Overall, feather traits were strongly influenced by breeding rather than moulting latitudes, suggesting that latitude-driven selection on energy allocation and intrinsic physiological mechanisms shape feather investment strategies. Our results thus indicate that investments in feather traits are part of a recently uncovered and widening spectrum of avian evolutionary syndromes convergently evolving among phylogenetically unrelated lineages sharing the same breeding latitudes.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Afrotropical passerines grow wing feathers faster than their European counterparts

Popis výsledku anglicky

Latitudinal gradients in environmental conditions shape avian life-history strategies by influencing resource allocation among growth, survival, and reproduction. Feather production, which is essential for flight, thermoregulation, and predator avoidance, represents a key component of avian energy allocation. We examined interspecific variation in wing and tail feather growth rates and quality in passerine birds from European temperate and Afrotropical regions using data from 679 adults representing 132 species from 36 families. Our findings reveal distinct latitudinal differences in feather growth: tropical breeding passerines exhibit significantly faster wing feather growth rates than temperate zone breeding species, while tail feather growth is lower in tropical species. Additionally, fault bars were common in the tail feathers of tropical species but almost absent in wing feathers across both regions. This absence was particularly apparent among temperate breeding long-distance migratory species. Overall, feather traits were strongly influenced by breeding rather than moulting latitudes, suggesting that latitude-driven selection on energy allocation and intrinsic physiological mechanisms shape feather investment strategies. Our results thus indicate that investments in feather traits are part of a recently uncovered and widening spectrum of avian evolutionary syndromes convergently evolving among phylogenetically unrelated lineages sharing the same breeding latitudes.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10613 - Zoology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

ISSN

0024-4082

e-ISSN

1096-3642

Svazek periodika

205

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

zlaf123

Kód UT WoS článku

001586223400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105017561096