Distress calls reflect poxvirus infection in lesser short-toed lark Calandrella rufescens

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-512

  Laiolo, Paola ^a   Serrano, David ^a   Tella, José L ^a   Carrete, Martina ^a   Lopez, Guillermo ^a   Navarro, Carlos ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; H L ratio; Immune response; Island; Parasite; Poxvirus; Prey

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY CONDITION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITE INTENSITY; SIGNALING; SONGBIRD; STRESS; VIRUS;

AVES; CALANDRELLA RUFESCENS; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 34548436892     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm008     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Alvarez F, Sanchez C, Angulo S. 2006. Relationships between tail-flicking, morphology, and body condition in Moorhens. J Field Ornithol. 77:1-6.
2. Ballentine B, Hyman J, Nowicki S. 2004. Vocal performance influences female response to male bird song: an experimental test. Behav Ecol. 15:163-168.
3. Bennett GF. 1970. Simple techniques for making avian blood smears. Can J Zool. 48:585-586.
4. Bergstrom CT, Lachmann M. 2001. Alarm calls as costly signals of antipredator vigilance: the watchful babbler game. Anim Behav. 61:535-543.
5. Blumstein DT, Patton ML, Saltzman W. 2005. Faecal glucocorticoid metabolites and alarm calling in free-living yellow-bellied marmots. Biol Lett. 2:29-32.
6. Borgia G, Collis K. 1989. Female choice for parasite-free male satin bowerbirds and the evolution of bright male plumage. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 25:445-453.
7. Brown ME. 1996. Assessing body condition in birds. Curr Ornithol. 13:67-135.
8. Campbell TW. 1995. Avian haematology and cytology. Ames (IA): Iowa State University Press.
9. Catchpole CK. 1986. Song repertoires and reproductive success in the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 19:439-445.
10. Cresswell W. 1994. Song as a pursuit-deterrent signal, and its occurrence relative to other anti-predation behaviors of skylark (Alauda arvensis) on attack by merlins (Falco-columbarius). Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 34:217-223.
11. Cresswell W, Quinn JL. 2004. Faced with a choice, sparrowhawks more often attack the more vulnerable prey. Oikos. 104:71-76.
12. Davison TF, Rea J, Rowell JG. 1983. Effects of dietary corticosterone on the growth and metabolism of immature Gallus domesticus. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 50:463-468.
13. Ebert D, Hamilton WD. 1996. The coevolution of parasitic diseases. Trends Ecol Evol. 11:A79-A82.
14. Frankham R. 1998. Inbreeding and extinction: island populations. Conserv Biol. 12:665-675.
15. Garamszegi LZ. 2005. Bird song and parasites. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 59:167-180.
16. Garamszegi LZ, Heylen D, Møller AP, Eens M, de Lope F. 2005. Age-dependent health status and song characteristics in the barn swallow. Behav Ecol. 16:580-591.
17. Garamszegi LZ, Merino S, Török J, Eens M, Martinez J. 2006. Indicators of physiological stress and the elaboration of sexual traits in the collared flycatcher. Behav Ecol. 17:399-404.
18. Gil D, Gahr M. 2002. The honesty of bird song: multiple constraints for multiple traits. Trends Ecol Evol. 17:133-141.
19. Gottdenker NL, Walsh T, Vargas H, Merkel J, Jimenez GU, Miller RE, Dailey M, Parker PG. 2005. Assessing the risks of introduced chickens and their pathogens to native birds in the Galapagos Archipelago. Biol Conserv. 126:429-439.
20. Groombridge JJ, Massey JG, Bruch JC, Malcolm TR, Brosius CN, Okada MM, Sparklin B. 2004. Evaluating stress-levels in a Hawaiian honeycreeper, Paroreomyza montana, following translocation using different container designs. J Field Ornithol. 75:183-187.
21. Hamilton WD, Zuk M. 1982. Heritable true fitness and bright birds: a role for parasites. Science. 218:384-387.
22. Hart B. 1997. Behavioural defence. In: Clayton DH, Moore J, editors. Host-parasite evolution, general principles and avian models. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 59-77.
23. Hope S. 1980. Call form in relation to function in the Steller's Jay. Am Nat. 116:788-820.
24. Horak P, Ots I, Murumägi A. 1998. Haematological health state indices of reproducing Great tits: a response to brood size manipulation. Funct Ecol. 12:750-756.
25. Jurisevic MA, Sanderson KJ. 1998. A comparative analysis of distress call structure in Australian passerine and non-passerine species: influence of size and phylogeny. J Avian Biol. 29:61-71.
26. Kim TJ, Schnitzlein WM, McAloose D, Pessier AP, Tripathy DN. 2003. Characterization of an avian poxvirus isolated from an Andean condor Vultur gryphus. Vet Microbiol. 96:237-246.
27. Laiolo P, Tella JL, Carrete M, Serrano D, López G. 2004. Distress calls may honestly signal bird quality to predators. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 271:S513-S515.
28. Lindström KM. 2004. Social status in relation to Sindbis virus infection clearance in greenfinches. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 55:236-241.
29. Lindström KM, Foufopoulos J, Pärn H, Wikelski P. 2004. Immunological investments reflect parasite abundance in island populations of Darwin's finches. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 271:1513-1519.
30. Lindström KM, Krakower D, Lundström JO, Silverin B. 2001. The effects of testosterone on a viral infection in greenfinches Carduelis chloris: an experimental test of the immunocompetence-handicap hypothesis. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 268:207-211.
31. Lindström KM, Van de Veen IT, Legault BA, Lundström JO. 2003. Activity and predator escape performance of common greenfinches Carduelis chloris infected with Sindbis virus. Ardea. 91:103-111.
32. Lion S, van Baalen M, Wilson WG. 2006. The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 273: 1063-1071.
33. López G, Figuerola J, Varo N, Soriguer R. 2005. White Wagtails Motacilla alba showing extensive post-juvenile moult are more stressed. Ardea. 932:237-244.
34. Møller AP, Erritzoe J. 2000. Predation against birds with low immunocompetence. Oecologia. 122:500-504.
35. Morici LA, Elsey RM, Lance VA. 1997. Effects of long-term corticosterone implants on growth and immune function in juvenile alligators, Alligator mississippiensis. J Exp Zool. 279:156-162.
36. Podos J, Huber SK, Taft B. 2004. Bird song: the interface of evolution and mechanism. Annu Rev Ecol Evol Syst. 35:55-87.
37. Post J, Rebel JMJ, ter Huurne AAHM. 2003. Automated blood cell count: a sensitive and reliable method to study corticosterone related stress in broilers. Poult Sci. 82:591-595.
38. Prugnolle F, Theron A, Pointier JP, Jabbour-Zahab R, Jarne P, Durand P, De Meeus T. 2005. Dispersal in a parasitic worm and its two hosts: consequence for local adaptation. Evolution. 59: 296-303.
39. Serrano D, Tella JL, Donázar JA, Pomarol M. 2003. Social and individual features affecting natal dispersal in the colonial lesser kestrel. Ecology. 84:3044-3054.
40. Smits J, Bortolotti GR, Tella JL. 1999. Simplifying the phytohaemagglutinin skin-testing technique in studies of avian immunocompetence. Funct Ecol. 13:567-572.
41. Smits J, Tella JL, Carrete M, Serrano D, López G. 2005. An epizootic of avian pox in endemic short-toed larks Calandrella rufescens and Berthelot's pipits Anthus berthelotti in the Canary Islands, Spain. Vet Pathol. 42:59-65.
42. Tella JL, Scheuerlein A, Ricklefs RE. 2002. Is cell-mediated immunity related to the evolution of life-history strategies in birds? Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 269:1059-1066.
43. Temple SA. 1987. Do predators always capture substandard individuals disproportionately from prey populations? Ecology. 68:669-674.
44. Tripathy DN, Schnitzlein WM, Morris PJ, Janssen DL, Zuna JK, Massey G, Atkinson CT. 2000. Characterization of poxviruses from forest birds in Hawaii. J Wildl Dis. 36:225-230.
45. Westneat MV, Long JH, Hoese W, Nowicki S. 1993. Kinematics of birdsong: functional correlation of cranial movements and acoustic features in sparrows. J Exp Biol. 182:147-171.
46. Whiteman NK, Matson KD, Bollmer JL, Parker PG. 2006. Disease ecology in the Galápagos Hawk Buteo galapagoensis: host genetic diversity, parasite load and natural antibodies. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 273:797-804.
47. Wikelski M, Cooke SJ. 2006. Conservation physiology. Trends Ecol Evol. 21:38-46.
48. Wikelski M, Foufopoulos J, Vargas H, Snell HL. 2004. Galapagos birds and diseases: invasive pathogens as threats for island species. [Internet]. Ecol Soc. 9:5. Available from www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss1/art5.
49. Woodworth BL, Atkinson CT, LaPointe DA, Hart PJ, Spiegel CS, Tweed EJ, Henneman C, LeBrun J, Denette T, DeMots R, et al. 2005. Host population persistence in the face of introduced vector-borne diseases: Hawaii amakihi and avian malaria. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 102:1531-1536.
50. Work TM, Massey JG, Johnson L, Dougill S, Banko PC. 1999. Survival and physiologic response of Common Amakihi and Japanese white-eyes during simulated translocation. Condor. 101:21-27.
51. Yorinks N, Atkinson CT. 2000. Effects of malaria on activity budgets of experimentally infected juvenile Apapane Himatione sanguinea. Auk. 117:731-738.
52. Zuk M, Kim T, Robinson SI, Johnsen TS. 1998. Parasites influence social rank and morphology, but not mate choice, in female red junglefowl, Gallus gallus. Anim Behav. 56:493-499.