Socially induced Synchronization of every-other-day egg laying in a Seabird colony
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Resumen.—La sincronía oscilatoria espontánea se ha documentado en una gran variedad de sistemas eléctricos, mecánicos, químicos y biológicos, incluyendo la sincronización de los ciclos menstruales de las mujeres y los ciclos estrales de Rattus norvegicus. En las regiones templadas, muchas aves coloniales se reproducen estacionalmente en un momento determinado por el fotoperíodo; algunos estudios han sugerido que la intensificación del estímulo social en colonias con altas densidades poblacionales puede llevar a un pulso reproductivo anual compactado. Sin embargo, se desconoce si el caso análogo a la sincronización menstrual ocurre en aves, esto es, si es que los ciclos ovulatorios de las aves pueden sincronizarse a una escala diaria dentro del pulso reproductivo anual. Aquí, documentamos la sincronía en la iniciación de la puesta y puesta de huevos en días alternos en una colonia reproductiva de la gaviota Larus glaucescens y mostramos que el nivel de sincronía disminuyó con la disminución de la densidad en la colonia. También presentamos un modelo matemático basado en la hipótesis de que los pulsos de la hormona luteinizante preovulatoria se sincronizan a través de estímulos sociales. Las predicciones del modelo son consistentes con las observaciones. Por último, sugerimos un procedimiento para identificar la sincronía de la puesta de huevos en otras colonias y en otras especies.
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