Breeding Behaviors and Kinship in the Endangered Hawaiian Stilt (Ae‘o; Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding the genetic underpinnings of cooperative and noncooperative breeding behaviors is critical for species of conservation concern. We investigated the genetic relatedness of Hawaiian Stilts (Aeʻo; Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), a threatened ...
Melissa R. Price +7 more
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The ecological and developmental foundations of brood parasitism in a catfish [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsInterspecific brood parasitism has evolved repeatedly from parental care. However, many non-avian brood-parasitic lineages have ancestors lacking parental care, leaving the foundations of brood parasitism in these lineages enigmatic.
Martin Reichard +12 more
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Red‐winged blackbirds nesting nearer to yellow warbler and conspecific nests experience less brood parasitism [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 In functionally referential communication systems, the signaler's message intended for a conspecific receiver may be intercepted and used by a heterospecific eavesdropper for its own benefit. For example, yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia) produce seet
Shelby L. Lawson +3 more
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Model eggs fail to detect egg recognition in host populations after brood parasitism is relaxed [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2020 Background Obligate brood parasites exert strong selective pressure on target hosts. In response, hosts typically evolve anti-parasitism strategies, of which egg recognition is one of the most efficient.
Canchao Yang +5 more
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Importance of cooperation: How host nest defenses effectively prevent brood parasitism from the cuckoos [PDF]
iScience, 2023 Summary: As the frontline defense against avian brood parasitism, nest defense is important in reducing nest parasitism and increasing host fitness.
Longwu Wang +5 more
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Individual experience as a key to success for the cuckoo catfish brood parasitism [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 The importance of learning for brood parasites is explored using cuckoo catfish. The catfish increase their parasitism success as they gain experience, mainly by improving their social coordination and timing of intrusions to cichlid host spawnings.
Holger Zimmermann +3 more
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A case of successful brood parasitism by Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) on Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) [PDF]
BMC ZoologyBrood parasitism is a significant reproductive strategy among birds. Both the Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) and the Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) are tree-cavity-nesting waterbirds with overlapping ecological niches.
Shu Liu +4 more
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Beyond genes‐for‐behaviour: The potential for genomics to resolve long‐standing questions in avian brood parasitism [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionBehavioural ecology by definition of its founding ‘Tinbergian framework’ is an integrative field, however, it lags behind in incorporating genomic methods. ‘Finding the gene/s for a behaviour’ is still rarely feasible or cost‐effective in the wild but as
Katja Rönkä +4 more
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Double Parasitism by Two Cuckoo Gentes in a Daurian Redstart Nest [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionBrood parasites lay their eggs in the nest of other species, thereby transferring the costs of parental care to their hosts. Occasionally, more than one female lays an egg in the same host nest, a phenomenon known as multiple parasitism.
Jinggang Zhang +6 more
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Early life-history features associated with brood parasitism in the cuckoo catfish, Synodontis multipunctatus (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2019 Michael Brent Hawkins +2 more
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