Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores

Kamal Atmeh; Christophe Bonenfant; Jean-Michel Gaillard; Mathieu Garel; A. Hewison; Pascal Marchand; Nicolas Morellet; Pia Anderwald; Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar; Jeffrey Beck; Matthew Becker; Floris van Beest; Jodi Berg; Ulrika Bergvall; Randall Boone; Mark Boyce; Simon Chamaillé-Jammes; Yannick Chaval; Chimeddorj Buyanaa; David Christianson; Simone Ciuti; Steeve Côté; Duane Diefenbach; Egil Droge; Johan Du Toit; Samantha Dwinnell; Julian Fennessy; Flurin Filli; Daniel Fortin; Emma Hart; Matthew Hayes; Mark Hebblewhite; Morten Heim; Ivar Herfindal; Marco Heurich; Christian von Hoermann; Katey Huggler; Craig Jackson; Andrew Jakes; Paul Jones; Petra Kaczensky; Matthew Kauffman; Petter Kjellander; Tayler Lasharr; Leif Egil Loe; Roel May; Philip Mcloughlin; Erling Meisingset; Evelyn Merrill; Kevin Monteith; Thomas Mueller; Atle Mysterud; Dejid Nandintsetseg; Kirk Olson; John Payne; Scott Pearson; Åshild Ønvik Pedersen; Dustin Ranglack; Adele Reinking; Thomas Rempfler; Clifford Rice; Eivin Røskaft; Bernt-Erik Sæther; Sonia Saïd; Hugo Santacreu; Niels Martin Schmidt; Daan Smit; Jared Stabach; Martin-Hugues St-Laurent; Joëlle Taillon; W. David Walter; Kevin White; Guillaume Péron; Anne Loison

doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02565-8

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Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores

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Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores

Kamal Atmeh, Christophe Bonenfant, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Mathieu Garel, A. Hewison, Pascal Marchand, Nicolas Morellet, Pia Anderwald, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Jeffrey Beck, …

Nature Ecology & Evolution

04/12/2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02565-8

PMID: 39633040

Abstract

Caring for newborn offspring hampers resource acquisition of mammalian females, curbing their ability to meet the high energy expenditure of early lactation. Newborns are particularly vulnerable, and, among the large herbivores, ungulates have evolved a continuum of neonatal antipredator tactics, ranging from immobile hider (such as roe deer fawns or impala calves) to highly mobile follower offspring (such as reindeer calves or chamois kids). How these tactics constrain female movements around parturition is unknown, particularly within the current context of increasing habitat fragmentation and earlier plant phenology caused by global warming. Here, using a comparative analysis across 54 populations of 23 species of large herbivores from 5 ungulate families (Bovidae, Cervidae, Equidae, Antilocapridae and Giraffidae), we show that mothers adjust their movements to variation in resource productivity and heterogeneity according to their offspring's neonatal tactic. Mothers with hider offspring are unable to exploit environments where the variability of resources occurs at a broad scale, which might alter resource allocation compared with mothers with follower offspring. Our findings reveal that the overlooked neonatal tactic plays a key role for predicting how species are coping with environmental variation.

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Title: Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores
Creators - without role: Kamal Atmeh - Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive
Christophe Bonenfant - Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive
Jean-Michel Gaillard - Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive
Mathieu Garel - Office Français de la Biodiversité
A. Hewison - Comportement et Écologie de la Faune Sauvage
Pascal Marchand - Office Français de la Biodiversité
Nicolas Morellet - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Pia Anderwald - Swiss National Park
Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar
Jeffrey Beck - University of Wyoming
Matthew Becker - Montana State University
Floris van Beest - Aarhus University
Jodi Berg - University of Alberta
Ulrika Bergvall - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Randall Boone - Colorado State University
Mark Boyce - University of Alberta
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes - Université de Montpellier, Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Yannick Chaval - Comportement et Écologie de la Faune Sauvage
Chimeddorj Buyanaa
David Christianson - University of Wyoming
Simone Ciuti - University College Dublin
Steeve Côté - Université Laval
Duane Diefenbach - Pennsylvania State University
Egil Droge - University of Oxford
Johan Du Toit
Samantha Dwinnell
Julian Fennessy - University College Dublin
Flurin Filli - Swiss National Park
Daniel Fortin - Université Laval
Emma Hart
Matthew Hayes - University of Wyoming
Mark Hebblewhite - University of Montana
Morten Heim - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Ivar Herfindal - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Marco Heurich - University of Freiburg
Christian von Hoermann - University of Würzburg
Katey Huggler - University of Wyoming
Craig Jackson - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Andrew Jakes - University of Wyoming
Paul Jones - Alberta Conservation Association
Petra Kaczensky - Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Matthew Kauffman - University of Wyoming
Petter Kjellander - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Tayler Lasharr - University of Wyoming
Leif Egil Loe - Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Roel May - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Philip Mcloughlin - University of Saskatchewan
Erling Meisingset - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
Evelyn Merrill - University of Alberta
Kevin Monteith - University of Wyoming
Thomas Mueller - Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Atle Mysterud - University of Oslo
Dejid Nandintsetseg
Kirk Olson - National Zoological Park
John Payne - University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Scott Pearson - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Åshild Ønvik Pedersen - Norwegian Polar Institute
Dustin Ranglack - University of Nebraska at Kearney
Adele Reinking - Colorado State University
Thomas Rempfler - Swiss National Park
Clifford Rice - Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Eivin Røskaft - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bernt-Erik Sæther
Sonia Saïd
Hugo Santacreu - Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Niels Martin Schmidt - Aarhus University
Daan Smit
Jared Stabach - National Zoological Park
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Joëlle Taillon - Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs
W. David Walter - University of Oxford
Kevin White - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Guillaume Péron - Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive
Anne Loison - Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine
Publication Details: Nature Ecology & Evolution
Grant note: This work was performed using the computing facilities of the CC LBBE/PRABI. See also the 'Extended acknowledgments' section in Supplementary Table 3.
Identifiers: 9936615909311
Academic Unit: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive - CEFE
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: hal-04857388