Brood parasitism, nest predation, and season-long reproductive success of a tropical island endemic

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 605-621

  Woodworth, Bethany L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Demography; Molothros bonariensis; Puerto Rican Vireo; Reproductive success; Shiny Cowbird; Vireo latimeri

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; VIREO; VIREO LATIMERI; VIREONIDAE;

EID: 0030878289     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370473     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. ARCESE, P., J. N. M. SMITH, AND M. I. HATCH. 1996. Nesi predation by cowbirds and its consequences for avian demography. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93:4608-4611.
2. BARLOW, J. C. 1962. Natural history of the Bell's Vireo, Vireo bellii Audubon. Univ. Kansas Publ. 12:241-296.
3. BURHANS, D. E. 1996. Anti-brood parasite defenses and nest-site selection by forest-edge songbirds in central Missouri. Ph.D. diss., Univ. Missouri, Columbia, MO.
4. CLARK, K. L., AND R. J. ROBERTSON. 1981. Cowbird parasitism and evolution of anti-parasite strategies in the Yellow Warbler. Wilson Bull. 93:249-258.
5. DIAMOND, J. M. 1985. Population processes in island birds: immigration, extinction and fluctuations, p. 17-21. In P. J. Moors [ed.], Conservation of island birds: case studies for the management of threatened island species. Int. Council Bird Preserv. Tech. Publ. 3. Cambridge.
6. FAABORG, J., AND W. J. ARENDT. 1995. Survival rates of Puerto Rican birds: are islands really that different? Auk 112:503-507.
7. FAABORG, J., W. J. AReNDT, AND M. S. KAISER. 1984. Rainfall correlates of bird population fluctuations in a Puerto Rican dry forest: a nine year study. Wilson Bull. 96:575-593.
8. FAABORG, J., K. M. DUGGER, W. J. ARENDT, B. L. WOODWORTH, AND M. E. BALTZ. 1997. Population declines of the Puerto Rican Vireo (Vireo latimeri) in Guánica Forest. Wilson Bull. 109:195-202.
9. FOGDEN, M. P. L. 1972. The seasonality and population dynamics of equatorial birds in Sarawak. Ibis 114:307-343.
10. FOSTER, M. S. 1975. The overlap of molting and breeding in some tropical birds. Condor 77:304-314.
11. FRAGA, R. M. 1978. The Rufous-collared Sparrow as a host of the Shiny Cowbird. Wilson Bull. 90:271-284.
12. FRAGA, R. M. 1985. Host-parasite interactions between Chalk-browed Mockingbirds and Shiny Cowbirds. Ornithol. Monogr. 36:829-844.
13. FRIEDMANN, H. 1963. Host relations of the parasitic cowbirds. U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 233.
14. GOTMARK, F. 1992. The effects of investigator disturbance on nesting birds. Current Ornithol. 9:63-104.
15. GRZYBOWSKI, J. A. 1995. Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus). In A. Poole and F. Gill [eds.], The birds of North America. No. 181. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC.
16. HANNON, S. J., K. MAKTIN, L. THOMAS, AND J. SCHIECK. 1993. Investigator disturbance and clutch predation in Willow Ptarmigan: methods for evaluating impact. J. Field Ornithol. 64:575-586.
17. HILL., D. P., AND S. G. SEALY. 1994. Desertion of nests parasitized by cowbirds: have Clay-coloured Sparrows evolved an anti-parasite defence? Anim. Behav. 48:1063-1070.
18. HINES, J. E., AND J. R. SAUER. 1989. Program CONTRAST - a general program for the analysis of several survival or recovery rate estimates. Patuxent Wildl. Res. Center, USFWS Res. Publ. No. 24.
19. HOY, G., AND J. OTTOW. 1964. Biological and oological studies of the Molothrine cowbirds (Icteridae) of Argentina. Auk 81:186-203.
20. JOHNSON, D. H. 1979. Estimating nest success: the Mayfield method and an alternative. Auk 96:651-661.
21. KEPLER, C. B., AND A. K. KEPLER. 1970. Preliminary comparison of bird species diversity and density in Luquillo and Guanica Forests, p. 183-191. In H. T. Odum [ed.], A tropical rain forest. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, TN.
22. KING, W. B. 1985. Island birds: will the future repeat the past?, p. 3-15. In P. J. Moors [ed.], Conservation of island birds: case studies for the management of threatened island species. Int. Council Bird Preserv. Tech. Pubkl. 3. Cambridge.
23. MANOLIS, T. D. 1982. Host relationships and reproductive strategies of the Shiny Cowbird in Trinidad and Tobago. Ph.D. diss., Univ. Colorado, Boulder, CO.
24. MARCHANT, S. 1960. The breeding season of some southwest Ecuadorian birds. Ibis 102:349-382.
25. MARTIN, T. E. 1992. Breeding productivity considerations: what are the appropriate habitat features for management?, p. 455-473. In J. M. Hagen III and D. W. Johnson [eds.], Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrant landbirds. Smithson. Inst. Press, Washington, DC.
26. MARTIN, T. E. 1993. Nest predation among vegetation layers and habitat types: revising the dogmas. Am. Nat. 141:897-913.
27. MARTIN, T. E., AND G. R. GEUPEL. 1993. Nest-monitoring plots: methods for locating nests and monitoring success. J. Field Ornithol. 64:507-519.
28. MARVIL, R. E., AND A. CRUZ. 1989. Impact of Brownheaded Cowbird parasitism on the reproductive success of the Solitary Vireo. Auk 106:476-480.
29. MAYFIELD, H. F. 1975. Suggestions for calculating nest success. Wilson Bull. 87:456-466.
30. MOORS, P. J. [ed.]. 1985. Conservation of island birds: case studies for the management of threatened island species. Int. Council Bird Preserv. Tech. Publ. 3. Cambridge.
31. MURPHY, P. G., AND A. E. LUGO. 1986. Structure and biomass of a subtropical dry forest in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 18:89-96.
32. NEUDORF, D. L., AND S. G. SEALY. 1994. Sunrise nest attentiveness in cowbird hosts. Condor 96:162-169.
33. NICE, M. M. 1937. Studies in the life history of the Song Sparrow. I. A population study of the Song Sparrow. Trans. Linn. Soc. N.Y. 4:1-247.
34. NOLAN, V., JR. 1978. The ecology and behavior of the Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor. Ornithol. Monogr. 26.
35. PEASE, C. M., AND J. A. GRZYBOWSKI. 1995. Assessing the consequences of brood parasitism and nest predation on seasonal fecundity in passerine birds. Auk 112:343-363.
36. PEREZ-RIVERA, R. A. 1986. Parasitism by the Shiny Cowbird in the interior parts of Puerto Rico. J. Field Ornithol. 57:99-104.
37. PIMM, S. L. 1991. The balance of nature? Ecological issues in the conservation of species and communities. Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago.
38. POST, W., T. K. NAKAMURA, AND A. CRUZ. 1990. Patterns of Shiny Cowbird parasitism in St. Lucia and southwestern Puerto Rico. Condor 92:461-469.
39. POST, W., AND J. W. WILEY. 1977a. Reproductive interactions of the Shiny Cowbird and the Yellow-shouldered Blackbird. Condor 79:176-184.
40. POST, W., AND J. W. WILEY. I977b. The Shiny Cow-bird in the West Indies. Condor 79:119-121.
41. POULIN, B., G. LEFEBVRE, AND R. McNEIL. 1992. Tropical avian phenology in relation to abundance and exploitation of food resources. Ecology 73:2295-2309.
42. PRIBIL, S., AND J. PICMAN. 1991. Why House Wrens destroy clutches of other birds: a support for the nest site competition hypothesis. Condor 93:184-185.
43. PROBST, J. R., AND J. P. HAYES. 1987. Pairing success of Kirtland's Warblers in marginal vs. suitable habitat. Auk 104:234-241.
44. RAFFAELE, H. A. 1989. Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ.
45. RALPH, C. J., AND S. G. FANCY. 1994. Timing of breeding and molting in six species of Hawaiian honeycreepers. Condor 96:151-161.
46. RICKLEFS, R. E. 1969. The nesting cycle of songbirds in tropical and temperate regions. Living Bird 8: 165-175.
47. RIVERA-MILÁN, F. F. 1996. Nest density and success of columbids in Puerto Rico. Condor 98:100-113.
48. ROBINSON, S. K. 1992. Population dynamics of breeding Neotropical migrants in a fragmented Illinois landscape, p. 408-418. In L M. Hagen III and D. W. Johnston [eds.], Ecology and conservation of Neotropical migrant landbirds. Smithson. Inst. Press, Washington, DC.
49. ROHWER, S., AND C. D. SPAW. 1988. Evolutionary lag versus bill-size constraints: a comparative study of the acceptance of cowbird eggs by old hosts. Evol. Ecol. 2:27-36.
50. ROHWER, S., C. D. SPAW, AND E. ROSKAFT. 1989. Costs to Northern Orioles of puncture-ejecting parasitic cowbird eggs from their nests. Auk 106:734-738.
51. ROTHSTEIN, S. I. 1975a. An experimental and teleonomic investigation of avian brood parasitism. Condor 77:250-271.
52. ROTHSTEIN, S. I. 1975b. Evolutionary rates and host defenses against avian brood parasitism. Am. Nat. 109:161-176.
53. ROTHSTF.IN. S. 1990. A model system for coevolution: avian brood parasitism. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 21:481-508.
54. SAUER, J. R., AND B. K. WILLIAMS. 1989. Generalized procedures for testing hypotheses about survival or recovery rates. J. Wildl. Manage. 53:137-142.
55. SCOTT, D. M., P. J. WEATHERHEAD, AND C. D. ANKNEY. 1992. Egg-eating by female Brown-headed Cowbirds. Condor 94:579-584.
56. SOKAL, R. R., AND F. J. ROHLF. 1981. Biometry. 2nd. W. H. Freeman, New York.
57. SPAULDING, N. G. 1937. Studies of the nesting activities of Latimer's Vireo (Vireo latimeri Baird). J. Ag. Univ. Puerto Rico 21:17-29.
58. SPAW, C. D., AND S. ROHWER. 1987. A comparative study of eggshell thickness in cowbirds and other passerines. Condor 89:307-318.
59. WILEY, J. W. 1985. Shiny Cowbird parasitism in two avian communities in Puerto Rico. Condor 87:165-176.
60. WILEY, R. H., AND M. S. WILEY. 1980. Spacing and timing in the nesting ecology of a tropical black-bird: comparison of populations in different environments. Ecol. Monogr. 50:153-178.
61. WOODWORTH, B. L. 1995. Ecology of the Puerto Rican Vireo and the Shiny Cowbird in Guánica Forest, Puerto Rico. Ph.D. diss., Univ. Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
62. WOODWORTH, B. L., J. FAABORG, AND W. A. ARENDT. In press. Breeding and natal dispersal of the Puerto Rican Vireo. J. Field Ornithol. 69.
63. YOUNG, B. E. 1994. The effects of food, nest predation and weather on the timing of breeding in tropical House Wrens. Condor 96:341-353.