Common cuckoos Cuculus canorus change their nest-searching strategy according to the number of available host nests

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/14:10293610
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12093" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12093</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12093" target="_blank" >10.1111/ibi.12093</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Common cuckoos Cuculus canorus change their nest-searching strategy according to the number of available host nests
Original language description
In recent decades, numerous studies have examined factors affecting risk of host nest parasitism in well-known avian host?parasite systems; however, little attention has been paid to the role of host nest availability. In accordance with other studies, we found that nest visibility, reed density and timing of breeding predicted brood parasitism of Great Reed Warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus by the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus. More interestingly, hosts had a greater chance of escaping brood parasitism if nesting was synchronized. Cuckoo nest searching was governed primarily by nest visibility at high host-nest density. However, even well-concealed nests were likely to be parasitized during periods when just a few hosts were laying eggs, suggesting that Cuckoos adjust their nest-searching strategy in relation to the availability of host nests. Our results demonstrate that host vulnerability to brood parasitism varies temporally and that Cuckoo females are able to optimize their nest-
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
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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