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Bicknell's and Swainson's thrushes in regenerating New Brunswick clearcuts: niche separation by nest site and diet
Emily A. McKinnon, Kevin C. Fraser, Antony W. Diamond
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
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Outline• Intro
– BITH and SWTH– NB context– niches
• Part 1: Nest site– nest patch vegetation
• Part 2: Diet– trophic niche width– SIA
• Summary
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Intro: study species
Catharus bicknelli = BITHCatharus ustulatus = SWTH
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Bicknell’s Thrush
• ‘Specialist’
• Stunted, dense balsam fir and spruce
• High elevation
• Endemic to NE NA
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Swainson’s Thrush
• ‘generalist’• Found in many forest types• abundant
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Study Site
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NB highlands
• Heavily managed for timber/pulpwood
• Lots of balsam fir
• BITH in regenerating clearcuts - recently colonized?
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Niche separationSabo 1980: New Hampshire
montane bird community
SWTHBITH
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Niche separation
Do BITH and SWTH nest in similar locations?
Do BITH and SWTH show overlapping dietary niche?
Is BITH really a ‘specialist’?
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Part 1: Nest site
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Nest patch characteristics
= non-nest site
= nest site
• 5-m radius patch centered on the nest
• non-nest patches selected 100m away from nest patch
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Nest patch analyses• Nest patch data biologically meaningful
variables
– Snags
– % balsam fir
– Small trees
– Hardwoods
– Total density
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Nest patch composition
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BITH vs. SWTH
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BITH and SWTH nests
Non-nest patch
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BITH and SWTH• BITH are more selective than SWTH• Differences in vegetation association on a
small scale
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Part 2: Diet• Do they consume different foods?
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Dietary studies• Morphology (Dilger 1956)
– BITH more ground forager, SWTH arboreal• Foraging technique/location (Sabo 1980)
– BITH ground forager, SWTH generalist• Stomach contents analysis (Beal 1918, Wallace 1939)
– BITH: Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, SWTH:especially Diptera
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‘New’ method to quantify diet• Stable Isotope Analysis (SIA)• Isotopic niche = trophic niche
15N/14N15N/14N
15N/14N
15N/14N
14N
14N
14N
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Isotope timelines
bone muscle
whole blood/RBC
plasma
liver
feather
Long time Short time
feces
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Isotopic nicheBITH?SWTH
Bearhop et al. 2004
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Collecting isotope samples
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When does blood reflect local diet?
D = H2/H1
• Expected value: -83‰ + fractionation
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D throws a wrench in the plan
BITH SWTH
20 June
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SWTH: Specialist or generalist?
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BITH: Specialist or generalist?
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Summary
Nest patch
Diet
Veryspecialized
Verygeneralized
Veryspecialized
Verygeneralized
SWTHBITH
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Summary
• BITH choose nest patches on a small scale
• Suggests ability to nest in small patches?• SWTH nest patches are less specific
• less affected by management?• BITH - Type 2 generalists
• Individual specialization?• SWTH - Type 1 generalists
• reduced competition with BITH?
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Future work
• Nest patch characteristics- How flexible are they?
• Diet throughout the season
• Could blood tell us where BITH or SWTH came from?
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Acknowledgements• Committee: Dr. D. MacLean, Dr. D. Keppie
• T. Vanbuskirk, B. Whittam, G. Campbell, C. Rimmer, K. McFarland, A. Albert, R. Aracil, H. Askanas, K. Friars, M. Godin, C. Wegenschimmel, Operations 1 Staff, Mark McLelland at the Governor’s Lodge
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Questions?
SWTH bad hair day.