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An Overview of Brood Parasitism
1997Abstract Laying eggs in the nest of another individual, and allowing or tricking the nest owner to rear such “parasitic” young rather than, or in addition to, its own, is one of the rarest forms of reproduction known. Except for the social insects, in which intraspecific brood parasitism is sometimes well developed (Wilson, 1971), such ...
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Relatedness and the Evolution of Conspecific Brood Parasitism
The American Naturalist, 2001In conspecific brood parasitism (CBP), a parasitic female takes advantage of the parental care performed by a host female by laying eggs in the nest of the host. The host female raises the offspring of the parasitic female as well as her own. In species where local females are related, direct costs for the host might be more than compensated for by ...
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Parasitic Behaviour of Interspecific Brood Parasitic Females
2017Interspecific avian brood parasites have to solve unique problems associated with their reproductive habit: they need to recognize potential hosts, search for and locate their nests, monitor nests progress and return to them at the appropriate time for egg laying.
Reboreda, Juan Carlos +4 more
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What's bugging brood parasites?
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2001Brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) might reduce populations of the songbird species they parasitize, including endangered species. Data are therefore needed on the frequency with which cowbirds use different species of foster parents. Hahn et al.
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1997
Abstract Avian brood parasitism is the association between a bird (the parasite) that lays its eggs in the nests of another (the foster or host species), thus gaining the care of the foster parent. The young brood parasite takes the food that the foster parents bring for their own young, often at a cost of the survival of the foster ...
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Abstract Avian brood parasitism is the association between a bird (the parasite) that lays its eggs in the nests of another (the foster or host species), thus gaining the care of the foster parent. The young brood parasite takes the food that the foster parents bring for their own young, often at a cost of the survival of the foster ...
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Adaptations of Brood Parasitic Eggs
2017This chapter deals with adaptations of brood parasitic eggs, which has received a lot of attention by researchers and naturalists for centuries. Both scientists and laymen are intrigued by the sophisticated traits that are enabling parasites to fool or force their hosts into accepting their eggs.
Bård G. Stokke +3 more
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Conspecific Brood Parasitism by the Dickcissel
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2010Abstract I report the first observation of conspecific brood parasitism in the Dickcissel (Spiza americana). I monitored 302 nests during a study of the interactions between parasitic Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and Dickcissels. This and a possible second case of conspecific brood parasitism may have resulted from females laying in nests ...
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The evolution of brood parasitism in cuckoos
2005Abstract Although a cuckoo nestling destroys the host eggs and nestlings, the host parents often do not dis criminate against a cuckoo egg and they incubate it with their own eggs. The hosts may lack the genetic variation that would allow evolutionary selection to favor action against cuckoos (Rothstein 1990).
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