The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is not locally adapted to its reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus host
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F11%3A00349223" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/11:00349223 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02168.x" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02168.x</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02168.x" target="_blank" >10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02168.x</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is not locally adapted to its reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus host
Original language description
We explored the possibility of local adaptation in cuckoo egg mimicry over a geographical mosaic of selection exerted by the reed warbler and investigated whether cuckoos with a broad number of alternative suitable hosts at hand were less locally adapted. Cuckoo eggs showed different degrees of mimicry to different reed warbler populations. However, cuckoo eggs did not match the egg phenotypes of their local host population better than eggs of other host populations, indicating that cuckoos were not locally adapted for mimicry on reed warblers. Interestingly, cuckoos exploiting reed warblers in populations with a relatively larger number of co-occurring gentes showed lower than average levels of local adaptation in egg volume. Our results suggest thatcuckoo local adaptation might be prevented when different cuckoo populations exploit more or fewer different host species, with gene flow or frequent host switches breaking down local adaptation where many host races co-occur.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
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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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)
Others
Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
ISSN
1010-061X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
314-325
UT code for WoS article
000286208400009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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