Do common cuckoo chicks suffer nest predation more than host nestlings?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F16%3A00462526" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/16:00462526 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/16:10332828 RIV/61989592:15310/16:33162021

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2203-2" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2203-2</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-016-2203-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00265-016-2203-2</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Do common cuckoo chicks suffer nest predation more than host nestlings?

Original language description

Nestlings of brood parasites exhibit more intensive begging than offspring of their hosts to gain sufficient amount of food or competitive advantage over host nestlings. This begging behaviour should be costly because exuberant acoustic begging may more likely attract nest predators. However, to date, nobody has explored the survival of nests with and without chicks of brood parasites in the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) host system. Here, we analysed an extensive dataset of 817 great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) and 788 reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) nests to explore the relationships between nest predation and parasitism status (parasitized vs. non-parasitized), nest contents (cuckoo chick vs. host nestlings) and age of nestlings. We found that although parasitized nests had higher predation rate than nonparasitized nests in the incubation stage, the effect of original parasitism status almost disappeared in the nestling stage. In both host species, nests with younger cuckoo chicks survived similarly to nests with host nestlings of the same age (till the ninth day of age). Later on, however, nest contents influenced nest predation in each species differently. While nests with older cuckoo chicks (from the ninth to the 17th day of age) did not survive worse that host nestlings in the great reed warbler, older cuckoos survived much worse than host nestlings in reed warbler nests. Finally, nest survival decreased with nestling age in all three species. Thus, it seems that common cuckoo chicks can be penalized for more intensive begging only in nests of smaller reed warbler hosts.

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

<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F12%2F2404" target="_blank" >GAP506/12/2404: Host-parasite interaction as an extreme form of parent-offspring conflict</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

ISSN

0340-5443

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

70

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

1975-1987

UT code for WoS article

000385158100019

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84984908599