Evidence for organism-wide asymmetry in five bird species of a fragmented afrotropical forest

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Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Lens Luc and van Dongen Stefan 1999Evidence for organism-wide asymmetry in five bird species of a fragmented afrotropical forestProc. R. Soc. Lond. B.2661055–1060http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0743SectionRestricted accessEvidence for organism-wide asymmetry in five bird species of a fragmented afrotropical forest Luc Lens Luc Lens Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, B–2610 Wilrijk, Belgium Department of Ornithology, National Museums of Kenya, POBox 40658, Nairobi, Kenya [email protected] Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and Stefan van Dongen Stefan van Dongen Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, B–2610 Wilrijk, Belgium Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Luc Lens Luc Lens Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, B–2610 Wilrijk, Belgium Department of Ornithology, National Museums of Kenya, POBox 40658, Nairobi, Kenya [email protected] Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and Stefan van Dongen Stefan van Dongen Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, B–2610 Wilrijk, Belgium Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:22 May 1999https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1999.0743AbstractEmpirical evidence for between-trait correlation in fluctuating asymmetry (FA) at the individual level is generally lacking or contradictory. Yet the assumption of organism-wide asymmetry, estimated by the asymmetry of any given trait, is inherent to most studies that use FA as a measure of developmental stability (DS). A commonly assumed reason for this weak between–trait correlation is the low repeatability of individual, single–trait asymmetry. In this paper we describe high repeatability and significant between–trait correlation in population– and individual–level FA in five afrotropical bird species inhabiting a fragmented cloud forest. Absence of anti–symmetry and of between–trait correlation in signed FA levels permits us to translate the observed patterns into the presumed underlying DS, using the concept of hypothetical repeatability. This correction, which has not been applied before in this context, proved adequate as it yielded correlations comparable to those found at the population level. 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