The spatial habitat structure of host populations explains the pattern of rejection behavior in hosts and parasitic adaptations in cuckoos.

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The spatial habitat structure of host populations explains the pattern of rejection behavior in hosts and parasitic adaptations in cuckoos.

Original language description

In this article we present tentative support for predictions derived from a spatial habitat structure hypothesis arguing that common cuckoos Cuculus canorus, the most common obligate brood parasite in Europe, only breed in areas where they have access tovantage points in trees. Thus, species in which some populations breed near trees while other populations breed farther from trees have a different cuckoo-host population dynamic than species in which all populations always breed in the vicinity of trees. Parasitism rate, mimicry of brood parasite eggs with those of the hosts, and rejection behavior of hosts varies with the host breeding habitat. Cuckoos are best adapted to exploit species in which some populations breed near trees while other populations breed in open areas because such hosts are not always accessible to cuckoos, and thus gene flow among unparasitized and parasitized populations delays the evolution of host adaptations. Adaptive behavior in cuckoos as well as in their

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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

<a href="/en/project/KSK6005114" target="_blank" >KSK6005114: Biodiversity and functions of ecological systems</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2002

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Behavioral ecology

ISSN

1045-2249

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

163-168

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