Nest parasitism, promiscuity, and relatedness among wood ducks. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Nest parasitism is a common reproductive strategy used by many species of cavity nesting birds. Among these, the wood duck (Aix sponsa) is known to have evolved very specific strategies of when and whom to parasitize that is often based on population and/
Kayla Harvey +3 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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Do nest size and shape characteristics affect nest parasitism rates?
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016 Brown‐headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) are obligate brood parasites that lay eggs in host species’ nests. Studies on effects of host nest characteristics (e.g., nest placement, concealment, nest size) on parasitism rates by brown‐headed cowbirds have ...
Scott Rush, Samuel K Riffell
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Nest‐Site Selection in Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): Patterns Consistent With the Human Proximity Hypothesis Across Three Regions of China [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionNest‐site selection is critical to avian reproductive success. Although human activity is known to influence nest‐site choice in birds, whether humans facilitate or impede avian reproduction remains a matter of debate.
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Exploiting Nest Defense Behavior of Hosts: A Case Study of Successful Parasitism by a Common Cuckoo [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIn this study, we document the case of a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) successfully locating and parasitizing the nest of a gray bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) by exploiting the latter's nest defense behavior in Liuzhi, Guizhou, southwest China.
Qiqi Liu, Wei Liang
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Cuckoo Hosts Fine‐Tune Their Egg Rejection After Experiencing a Parasitism Event [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionRecognising and rejecting parasitic eggs is one of the most common anti‐parasitism strategies used by host birds. However, the egg rejection of some hosts exhibits behavioural plasticity.
Bin Li +3 more
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Rare insights into intraspecific brood parasitism and apparent quasi–parasitism in black–capped chickadees [PDF]
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011 Genetic analysis of passerine birds often finds evidence of extra–pair copulations within species, but genetic evidence of intraspecific brood parasitism (IBP) and quasi–parasitism (Q–P) are relatively rare. Further, it is even rarer for genetic patterns
K. A. Otter +3 more
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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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Journal of Avian Biology, 2023 Brood parasites are expected to lay only one egg per parasitized nest, as the existence of several parasitic nestlings in a brood increases competition and can lead the starvation of some of them.
Manuel Soler +2 more
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Declining Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) populations are associated with landscape-specific reductions in brood parasitism and increases in songbird productivity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Many songbird species have experienced significant population declines, partly because of brood parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), which is positively associated with increasing landscape forest cover in the midwestern United States.
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