Color plumage polymorphism and predator mimicry in brood parasites

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-25" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-25</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-25" target="_blank" >10.1186/1742-9994-10-25</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Color plumage polymorphism and predator mimicry in brood parasites

Original language description

Background: Plumage polymorphism may evolve during coevolution between brood parasites and their hosts if rare morph(s), by contravening host search image, evade host recognition systems better than common variant(s). Females of the parasitic common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) are a classic example of discrete color polymorphism: gray females supposedly mimic the sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), while rufous females are believed to mimic the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Despite many studies on host responsesto adult cuckoos comprehensive tests of the "hawk mimicry" and "kestrel mimicry" hypotheses are lacking so far. Results: We tested these hypotheses by examining host responses to stuffed dummies of the sparrowhawk, kestrel, cuckoo and the innocuous turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) as a control at the nest. Our experimental data from an aggressive cuckoo host, the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), showed low effectiveness of cuckoo-predator mimicry against more aggressive

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN

1742-9994

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

25

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

25

UT code for WoS article

000319151500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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