The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost

Publication Date:
2018-01-11
Publisher:
Royal Society
Electronic ISSN:
2054-5703
Topics:
Natural Sciences in General
Keywords:
ecology, evolution
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autor Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
beschreibung Despite evidence of maternal age effects in a number of teleost species, there have been challenges to the assertion that maternal age intrinsically influences offspring quality. From an evolutionary perspective, maternal age effects result in young females paradoxically investing in less fit offspring despite a greater potential fitness benefit that might be gained by allocating this energy to individual somatic growth. Although a narrow range of conditions could lead to a maternal fitness benefit via the production of lower quality offspring, evolutionary theorists suggest these conditions are seldom met and that the reported maternal age effects are more likely products of the environmental context. Our goal was to determine if maternal effects operated on offspring provisioning in a long-lived rockfish (genus Sebastes ), and to evaluate any such effects as an intrinsic function of maternal age or a context-dependent effect of the offspring release environment. We found that offspring provisioning is a function of both maternal age and the timing of offspring release; older females exhibit increased provisioning over younger females throughout the spawning season despite a decrease in provisioning across all maternal ages as the season progresses. These findings suggest a role for both maternal age effects and a potential context-dependent maternal effect in population productivity, carrying important implications when modelling population persistence and resilience.
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shingle_author_1 Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
shingle_author_2 Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
shingle_author_3 Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
shingle_author_4 Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
shingle_catch_all_1 The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
ecology, evolution
Despite evidence of maternal age effects in a number of teleost species, there have been challenges to the assertion that maternal age intrinsically influences offspring quality. From an evolutionary perspective, maternal age effects result in young females paradoxically investing in less fit offspring despite a greater potential fitness benefit that might be gained by allocating this energy to individual somatic growth. Although a narrow range of conditions could lead to a maternal fitness benefit via the production of lower quality offspring, evolutionary theorists suggest these conditions are seldom met and that the reported maternal age effects are more likely products of the environmental context. Our goal was to determine if maternal effects operated on offspring provisioning in a long-lived rockfish (genus Sebastes ), and to evaluate any such effects as an intrinsic function of maternal age or a context-dependent effect of the offspring release environment. We found that offspring provisioning is a function of both maternal age and the timing of offspring release; older females exhibit increased provisioning over younger females throughout the spawning season despite a decrease in provisioning across all maternal ages as the season progresses. These findings suggest a role for both maternal age effects and a potential context-dependent maternal effect in population productivity, carrying important implications when modelling population persistence and resilience.
Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
Royal Society
2054-5703
20545703
shingle_catch_all_2 The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
ecology, evolution
Despite evidence of maternal age effects in a number of teleost species, there have been challenges to the assertion that maternal age intrinsically influences offspring quality. From an evolutionary perspective, maternal age effects result in young females paradoxically investing in less fit offspring despite a greater potential fitness benefit that might be gained by allocating this energy to individual somatic growth. Although a narrow range of conditions could lead to a maternal fitness benefit via the production of lower quality offspring, evolutionary theorists suggest these conditions are seldom met and that the reported maternal age effects are more likely products of the environmental context. Our goal was to determine if maternal effects operated on offspring provisioning in a long-lived rockfish (genus Sebastes ), and to evaluate any such effects as an intrinsic function of maternal age or a context-dependent effect of the offspring release environment. We found that offspring provisioning is a function of both maternal age and the timing of offspring release; older females exhibit increased provisioning over younger females throughout the spawning season despite a decrease in provisioning across all maternal ages as the season progresses. These findings suggest a role for both maternal age effects and a potential context-dependent maternal effect in population productivity, carrying important implications when modelling population persistence and resilience.
Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
Royal Society
2054-5703
20545703
shingle_catch_all_3 The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
ecology, evolution
Despite evidence of maternal age effects in a number of teleost species, there have been challenges to the assertion that maternal age intrinsically influences offspring quality. From an evolutionary perspective, maternal age effects result in young females paradoxically investing in less fit offspring despite a greater potential fitness benefit that might be gained by allocating this energy to individual somatic growth. Although a narrow range of conditions could lead to a maternal fitness benefit via the production of lower quality offspring, evolutionary theorists suggest these conditions are seldom met and that the reported maternal age effects are more likely products of the environmental context. Our goal was to determine if maternal effects operated on offspring provisioning in a long-lived rockfish (genus Sebastes ), and to evaluate any such effects as an intrinsic function of maternal age or a context-dependent effect of the offspring release environment. We found that offspring provisioning is a function of both maternal age and the timing of offspring release; older females exhibit increased provisioning over younger females throughout the spawning season despite a decrease in provisioning across all maternal ages as the season progresses. These findings suggest a role for both maternal age effects and a potential context-dependent maternal effect in population productivity, carrying important implications when modelling population persistence and resilience.
Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
Royal Society
2054-5703
20545703
shingle_catch_all_4 The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
ecology, evolution
Despite evidence of maternal age effects in a number of teleost species, there have been challenges to the assertion that maternal age intrinsically influences offspring quality. From an evolutionary perspective, maternal age effects result in young females paradoxically investing in less fit offspring despite a greater potential fitness benefit that might be gained by allocating this energy to individual somatic growth. Although a narrow range of conditions could lead to a maternal fitness benefit via the production of lower quality offspring, evolutionary theorists suggest these conditions are seldom met and that the reported maternal age effects are more likely products of the environmental context. Our goal was to determine if maternal effects operated on offspring provisioning in a long-lived rockfish (genus Sebastes ), and to evaluate any such effects as an intrinsic function of maternal age or a context-dependent effect of the offspring release environment. We found that offspring provisioning is a function of both maternal age and the timing of offspring release; older females exhibit increased provisioning over younger females throughout the spawning season despite a decrease in provisioning across all maternal ages as the season progresses. These findings suggest a role for both maternal age effects and a potential context-dependent maternal effect in population productivity, carrying important implications when modelling population persistence and resilience.
Arnold, L. M., Smith, W. D., Spencer, P. D., Evans, A. N., Heppell, S. A., Heppell, S. S.
Royal Society
2054-5703
20545703
shingle_title_1 The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
shingle_title_2 The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
shingle_title_3 The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
shingle_title_4 The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
timestamp 2025-06-30T23:31:58.128Z
titel The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
titel_suche The role of maternal age and context-dependent maternal effects in the offspring provisioning of a long-lived marine teleost
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