TY  - JOUR
AU  - Goutte Aurlie, Angelier Frdric
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Long-term survival effect of corticosterone manipulation in Black-legged kittiwakes
T2  - Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.
JO  - General and Comparative Endocrinology
SP  - 246
EP  - 251
VL  - 167
IS  - 2
KW  - Glucocorticoids
KW  - Mortality
KW  - Long-lived seabirds
KW  - Rissa tridactyla
KW  -
N2  - The secretion of corticosterone in response to stress is thought to be an adaptive mechanism, which promotes immediate survival at the expense of current reproduction. However, at the individual level, the hypothesis of a corticosterone-related survival appears to be complex. In this study, we tested this hypothesis by combining for the first time an experimental manipulation of corticosterone levels and capture-mark-recapture (CMR) models. To do so, we increased corticosterone levels of chick-rearing Black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) via subcutaneous implants. Then, we monitored the long-term survival of kittiwakes over the 2 consecutive years. Corticosterone-implanted birds showed a significantly lower apparent annual survival than sham-implanted ones (46.9% vs 77.8%). This result is supported by the well-known deleterious effects of elevated corticosterone levels on cognitive and immune functions. Alternately and in the light of recent studies, our experimental manipulation may have down-regulated the endogenous secretion of corticosterone through a prolonged negative feedback. If so, the corticosterone-implanted kittiwakes may have failed to trigger an appropriate stress response during subsequent life-threatening perturbations, hence being unable to adjust their behavior and physiology toward immediate survival. This study highlights the complex long-term consequences of corticosterone manipulation on fitness in free-living vertebrates.
SN  - 0016-6480
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.03.018
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