Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations

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dc.contributor.authorCooney, Christopher R.
dc.contributor.authorSheard, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorClark, Andrew D.
dc.contributor.authorHealy, Susan D.
dc.contributor.authorLiker, András
dc.contributor.authorStreet, Sally E.
dc.contributor.authorTroisi, Camille A.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Gavin H.
dc.contributor.authorSzékely, Tamás
dc.contributor.authorHemmings, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorWright, Alison E.
dc.contributor.funderLeverhulme Trusten
dc.contributor.funderNemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatalen
dc.contributor.funderEmberi Eroforrások Minisztériumaen
dc.contributor.funderRoyal Societyen
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Research Councilen
dc.contributor.funderNemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatalen
dc.contributor.funderNatural Environment Research Councilen
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-01T15:03:34Z
dc.date.available2021-09-01T15:03:34Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-14
dc.date.updated2021-09-01T13:12:19Z
dc.description.abstractThe duration of the developmental period represents a fundamental axis of life-history variation, yet broad insights regarding the drivers of this diversity are currently lacking. Here, we test mechanistic and ecological explanations for the evolution of developmental duration using embryological data and information on incubation and fledging for 3096 avian species. Developmental phases associated primarily with growth are the longest and most variable, consistent with a role for allometric constraint in determining the duration of development. In addition, developmental durations retain a strong imprint of deep evolutionary history and body size differences among species explain less variation than previously thought. Finally, we reveal ecological correlates of developmental durations, including variables associated with the relative safety of the developmental environment and pressures of breeding phenology. Overall, our results provide broad-scale insight into the relative importance of mechanistic, ecological and evolutionary constraints in shaping the diversification of this key life-history trait.en
dc.description.sponsorshipLeverhulme Trust (Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (ECF-2018-101); Leverhulme Trust grant (RF/2/RFG/2005/0279, ID200660763)); Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal ((NKFIH (KH 130430), (grant (ÉLVONAL KKP-126949, K-116310)); Emberi Eroforrások Minisztériuma (Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities grant (20385-3/2018/FEKUSTRAT)); Royal Society (Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF\R\180006); Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award (WM170050, APEX APX\R1\191045); Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship (DH160200)); European Research Council grant (615709 Project ‘ToLERates’); NERC Independent Research Fellowship (NE/N013948/1)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid2383en
dc.identifier.citationCooney, C. R., Sheard, C., Clark, A. D., Healy, S. D., Liker, A., Street, S. E., Troisi, C. A., Thomas, G. H., Székely, T., Hemmings, N. and Wright, A. E. (2020) 'Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations', Nature Communications, 11(1), 2383 (13 pp). doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16257-xen
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41467-020-16257-xen
dc.identifier.endpage13en
dc.identifier.issn2041-1723
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleNature Communicationsen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11819
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7::SP2::ERC/615709/EU/Understanding evolutionary rates on the Tree of Life in time and space/TOLERATESen
dc.relation.projectinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/UKRI/NERC/NE/N013948/1/GB/Patterns and processes of sex chromosome evolution/en
dc.relation.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16257-x
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2020. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.en
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dc.subjectBehavioural ecologyen
dc.subjectEvolutionary developmental biologyen
dc.subjectMacroecologyen
dc.subjectPhylogeneticsen
dc.titleEcology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durationsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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