Brood parasitism and quasi-parasitism in the European barn swallow Hirundo rustica rustica

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F15%3A10297192" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/15:10297192 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68081766:_____/15:00447067 RIV/00023272:_____/15:#0002887
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1953-6" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1953-6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-015-1953-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00265-015-1953-6</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Brood parasitism and quasi-parasitism in the European barn swallow Hirundo rustica rustica
Original language description
We studied patterns of extra-pair maternity (EPM) in 245 nests (225 nests belonging to 120 females of known identity) of sexually promiscuous European barn swallows (Hirundo rustica rustica) over a 3-year period. At least one EPM nestling was identifiedin 54 nests (22.0 %), representing 5.7 % of a total of 1060 nestlings. Up to 28.3 % of all EPM nestlings resulted from quasi-parasitism (QP), whereby nest-attending males sired parasitic offspring. Nests of quasi-parasitic females were never in close proximity to the host nest. Our data thus indicate nonrandom QP patterns in our population suggesting that QP can be considered a third alternative reproductive strategy alongside extra-pair paternity (EPP) and intraspecific brood parasitism (IBP). Of several socioecological factors evaluated, only number of simultaneous egg-laying females in the population proved a good predictor for EPM occurrence. Whereas parasitic females produced more offspring per breeding attempt than was the populat
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F12%2F2472" target="_blank" >GAP506/12/2472: Post-copulatory sexual selection and the biology of sperm: within population processes and interspecific patterns in passerine birds</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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