The evolution of migration in a seasonal environment.
Despite the fact that migration occurs in a wide variety of taxa worldwide, little is known about the conditions under which migration is expected to evolve from an ancestral resident population. We develop a model that focuses on ecological factors affecting the evolution of migration in a seasonal environment within a genetically explicit framework. We model the evolution of migration for two common types of migration: 'shared breeding' where migrants share a breeding ground with residents and migrate to a separate non-breeding area, versus 'shared non-breeding', where migrants share a non-breeding ground with residents and migrate to a separate breeding area. Ecologically, migration is more easily established in the shared-breeding case versus the shared-non-breeding case. Genetically, the additive effect of a migratory allele affects its establishment more in the shared-non-breeding case versus the shared-breeding case, whereas the dominance effect of the allele affects its establishment more in the shared-breeding case versus the shared-non-breeding case. Generally, migratory alleles can invade even when residents are competitively superior to migrants during the shared season. Partial migration occurs when the population is polymorphic for migratory and non-migratory alleles, and is dependent upon which season is shared and the additive and dominance behaviour of the migratory allele.
Griswold
Cortland K
CK
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, , Guelph, Ontario, Canada. cgriswol@uoguelph.ca
Taylor
Caz M
CM
Norris
D Ryan
DR
D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012621:Seasons; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal
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