NDLI: Location of suitable nests by great spotted cuckoos: an empirical and experimental study

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Author	Soler, Manuel Pérez Contreras, Tomás
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Brood parasites depend entirely on their host species to raise their nestlings until independence. Thus, brood-parasite females must discover and select nests that are at a suitable stage for parasitism, and thus, the location of each parasitic egg is crucial in determining the brood-parasite female’s fitness. In relation to host behaviour, one of the main hypotheses proposed to explain how brood-parasite females find and select a suitable nest posits that the most active hosts during nest building should undergo a higher risk of being parasitised (the “host-activity hypothesis”). Here, using the great spotted cuckoo, Clamator glandarius–magpie, Pica pica system, we found that not only cuckoo females parasitise magpie nests regardless of the location and characteristics of nests, but also that the parasite’s observation of host activity near the nest determines a cuckoo female’s decision of laying in a nest. Only one experimental nest (without host activity) was parasitised before the magpie started laying, while 34.14 % of natural active nests were parasitised before the magpie started laying. These observations support the host-activity hypothesis for nest location in great spotted cuckoos.
Starting Page	1305
Ending Page	1310
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03405443
Journal	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Volume Number	66
Issue Number	9
e-ISSN	14320762
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-07-08
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Brood parasites Clamator glandarius Host-activity hypothesis Location of nests Pica pica Evolutionary Biology Zoology Behavioural Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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