Differential reproductive success favours strong host preference in a highly specialized brood parasite

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1650, 2008, Pages 2499-2506

  De Mársico, María C ^a   Reboreda, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antiparasitic defences; Brood parasitism; Host specialization; Molothrus rufoaxillaris; Screaming cowbird

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HATCHING; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL;

AGELAIOIDES BADIUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; EGG; HATCHING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SELECTION; MOLOTHRUS RUFOAXILLARIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AVES; MIMUS SATURNINUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS RUFOAXILLARIS; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON;

EID: 52749088806     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0700     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Alderson, G. W., Gibbs, H. L. & Sealy, S. G. 1999 Determining the reproductive behaviour of individual brown-headed cowbirds using microsatellite DNA markers. Anim. Behav. 58, 895-905.
2. Arias de Reyna, L. 1998 Coevolution of the great spotted cuckoo and its hosts. In Parasitic birds and their hosts: studies in coevolution (eds S. I. Rothstein & S. K. Robinson), pp. 129-142. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
3. Avilés, J., Stokke, B. G. & Parejo, D. 2006 Relationship between nest predation suffered by hosts and brown-headed cowbird parasitism: a comparative study. Evol. Ecol. 20, 97-111.
4. Briskie, J. V., Sealy, S. G. & Hudson, K. A. 1990 Differential parasitism of least flycatchers and yellow warblers by the brown-headed cowbird. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 27, 403-410.
5. Brooke, M. d. L. & Davies, N. B. 1988 Egg mimicry by cuckoos Cuculus canorus in relation to discrimination by hosts. Nature 335, 630-632.
6. Brooker, M. G. & Brooker, L. C. 1989 The comparative breeding behaviour of two sympatric cuckoos, Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcys basalis and the shining bronze-cuckoo C. lucidus, in western Australia: a new model for the evolution of egg morphology and host specificity in avian brood parasites. Ibis 131, 528-547.
7. Brooker, L. C., Brooker, M. G. & Brooker, A. M. H. 1990 An alternative population/genetics model for the evolution of egg mimesis and egg crypsis in cuckoos. J. Theor. Biol. 146, 123-143.
8. Cruz, A., Wiley, J. W., Nakamura, T. K. & Post, W. 1989 The shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis in the West Indian region - biogeographical and ecological implications. In Biogeography of the West Indies: past, present, and future, pp. 519-540. Gainesville, Florida: Sandhill Crane Press, Inc.
9. Cruz, A., Manolis, T. D. & Andrews, R. W. 1990 Reproductive interactions of the shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis and the yellow-hooded blackbird Agelaius icterocephalus in Trinidad. Ibis 132, 436-444.
10. Cruz, A., Post, W., Wiley, J. M., Ortega, C. P., Nakamura, T. K. & Prather, J. W. 1998 Potential impacts of cowbird range expansion in Florida. In Parasitic birds and their hosts: studies in coevolution (eds S. I. Rothstein & S. K. Robinson), pp. 313-336. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
11. Davies, N. B. 2000 Cuckoos, cowbirds and other cheats. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
12. Davies, N. B. & Brooke, M. d. L. 1989 An experimental study of co-evolution between the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and its hosts. I. Host egg discrimination. J. Anim. Ecol. 58, 207-224.
13. Ellison, K., Sealy, S. G. & Gibbs, H. L. 2006 Genetic elucidation of host use by individual sympatric bronzed cowbirds (Molothrus aeneus) and brown-headed cowbirds (M. ater). Can. J. Zool. 84, 1269-1280.
14. Fiorini, V. D. & Reboreda, J. C. 2006 Cues used by shiny cowbirds (Molothrus bonariensis) to locate and parasitise chalk-browed mockingbird (Mimus saturninus) nests. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 60, 379-385.
15. Fiorini, V. D., Astié, A. A., Tuero, D. T. & Reboreda, J. C. 2005 Éxito reproductivo del Tordo Renegrido (Molothrus bonariensis) en hospedadores de distinto tamaño corporal. Hornero 20, 173-182.
16. Fraga, R. M. 1984 Bay-winged cowbirds Molothrus badius remove ectoparasites from their brood parasites, the screaming cowbirds Molothrus rufoaxillaris. Biotropica 16, 223-226.
17. Fraga, R. M. 1985 Host-parasite interactions between chalk-browed mockingbirds and shiny cowbirds. Ornithol. Monogr. 36, 829-844.
18. Fraga, R. M. 1991 The social system of a communal breeder, the bay-winged cowbird Molothrus badius. Ethology 89, 195-210.
19. Fraga, R. M. 1996 Further evidence of parasitism of chopi blackbirds (Gnorimopsar chopi) by the specialized screaming cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris). Condor 98, 866-867.
20. Fraga, R. M. 1998 Interactions of the parasitic screaming and shiny cowbirds (Molothrus rufoaxillaris and M. bonariensis) with a shared host, the bay-winged cowbird (M. badius). In Parasitic birds and their hosts: studies in coevolution (eds S. I. Rothstein & S. K. Robinson), pp. 173-193. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
21. Friedmann, H. 1929 The cowbirds. Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas.
22. Gibbs, H. L., Sorenson, M. D., Marchetti, K., Brooke, M. L., Davies, N. B. & Nakamura, H. 2000 Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo. Nature 407, 183-186.
23. Grim, T. 2005 Host recognition of brood parasites: implications for methodology in studies of enemy recognition. Auk 122, 530-543.
24. Hatchwell, B. J. 1999 Investment strategies of breeders in avian cooperative breeding systems. Am. Nat. 154, 205-219.
25. Hobson, K. A. & Sealy, S. G. 1989 Responses of yellow warblers to the threat of cowbird parasitism. Anim. Behav. 38, 510-519.
26. Honza, M., Václav, S., Procházka, P. & Ležalová, R. 2006 Host nest defense against a color-dimorphic brood parasite: great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) versus common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus). J. Ornithol. 147, 629-637.
27. Langmore, N. E. & Kilner, R. M. 2007 Breeding site and host selection by Horsfield's bronzed cuckoos, Chalcites basalis. Anim. Behav. 74, 995-1004.
28. Langmore, N. E., Hunt, S. & Kilner, R. M. 2003 Escalation of a coevolutionary arms race through host rejection of brood parasitic young. Nature 422, 157-160.
29. Lanyon, S. M. 1992 Interspecific brood parasitism in blackbirds (Icterinae): a phylogenetic perspective. Science 225, 77-79.
30. Lichtenstein, G. 1998 Parasitism by shiny cowbird of rufous-bellied thrushes. Condor 100, 680-687.
31. Lotem, A. & Rothstein, S. I. 1995 Cuckoo-host coevolution: from snapshots of an arms race to the documentation of microevolution. Trends Ecol. Evol. 10, 436-437.
32. MacColl, A. D. C. & Hatchwell, B. J. 2003 Sharing of caring: nestling provisioning behaviour of long-tailed tits Aegithalus caudatus, parents and helpers. Anim. Behav. 66, 955-964.
33. Mahler, B., Confalonieri, V. A., Lovette, I. J. & Reboreda, J. C. 2007 Partial host fidelity in nest selection by the shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis), a highly generalist avian brood parasite. J. Evol. Biol. 20, 1918-1923.
34. Marchetti, K., Nakamura, H. & Gibbs, H. L. 1998 Host race formation in the common cuckoo. Science 282, 471-782.
35. Mason, P. 1980 Ecological and evolutionary aspects of host selection in cowbirds. PhD thesis, University of Texas, Austin.
36. Mermoz, M. E. & Fernández, G. J. 2003 Breeding success of a specialist brood parasite, the screaming cowbird, parasitizing an alternative host. Condor 105, 63-72.
37. Mermoz, M. E. & Reboreda, J. C. 1996 New host for a specialized brood parasite, the screaming cowbird. Condor 98, 630-632.
38. Mosknes, A. & Røskaft, E. 1995 Egg-morphs and host preference in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus: an analysis of cuckoo and host eggs from European museum collections. J. Zool. Lond. 236, 625-648.
39. Orians, G. H., Orians, C. E. & Orians, K. J. 1977 Helpers at the nest in some Argentine blackbirds. In Evolutionary ecology (eds B. Stonehouse & C. Perrins), pp. 137-151. London, UK: The Macmillian Press.
40. Ortega, C. 1998 Cowbirds and other brood parasites. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
41. Payne, R. B., Payne, L. L., Woods, J. L. & Sorenson, M. D. 2000 Imprinting and the origin of parasite-host species associations in brood parasitic indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata. Anim. Behav. 59, 69-81.
42. Payne, R. B., Hustler, K., Stjemstedt, R., Sefc, K. M. & Sorenson, M. D. 2002 Behavioral and genetic evidence of a recent population switch to a novel host species in brood parasitic indigobirds Vidua chalybeata. Ibis 144, 373-383.
43. Peer, B. D. & Bollinger, E. K. 1997 Explanations for the infrequent cowbird parasitism on common grackles. Condor 99, 151-161.
44. Purcell, K. L., Verner, J. & Oring, L. W. 1997 A comparison of the breeding ecology of birds nesting in boxes and tree cavities. Auk 114, 646-656.
45. Rabuffetti, F. L. & Reboreda, J. C. 2007 Early infestation by bot flies (Philornis seguyi) decreases chick survival and nesting success in chalk-browed mockingbirds (Mimus saturninus). Auk 124, 898-906.
46. Rothstein, S. I. 1990 A model system for coevolution: avian brood parasitism. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 21, 481-508.
47. Rothstein, S. I. 2001 Relic behaviours, coevolution and the retention versus loss of host defences after episodes of avian brood parasitism. Anim. Behav. 61, 95-107.
48. Rothstein, S. I., Patten, M. A. & Fleischer, R. C. 2002 Phylogeny, specialization, and brood parasite-host coevolution: some possible pitfalls of parsimony. Behav. Ecol. 13, 1-10.
49. Russell, A. F., Langmore, N. E., Cockburn, A., Astheimer, L. B. & Kilner, R. M. 2007 Reduced egg investment can conceal helper effects in cooperatively breeding birds. Science 317, 941-944.
50. Sackmann, P. & Reboreda, J. C. 2003 A comparative study of shiny cowbird parasitism of two large hosts, the chalk-browed mockingbird and the rufous-bellied thrush. Condor 105, 728-736.
51. Scott, D. M. & Lemon, R. E. 1996 Differential reproductive success of brown-headed cowbirds with northern cardinals and three other hosts. Condor 98, 259-271.
52. Sealy, S. G. & Bazin, R. C. 1995 Low frequency of observed cowbird parasitism on eastern kingbirds: host rejection, effective nest defense, or parasite avoidance? Behav. Ecol. 6, 140-145.
53. Sealy, S. G., Neudorf, D. L., Hobson, K. A. & Gill, S. A. 1998 Nest defense by potential hosts of the brown-headed cowbird. In Parasitic birds and their hosts: studies in coevolution (eds S. I. Rothstein & S. K. Robinson), pp. 194-211. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
54. Sick, H. 1985 Ornitologia brasileira, uma introducçã o. Brasilia: Universidade de Brasilia.
55. Soler, M., Soler, J. J. & Mart?́nez, J. G. 1998 Sympatry and coevolution between the great spotted cuckoo and its magpie host. In Parasitic birds and their hosts. Studies in coevolution (eds S. I. Rothstein & S. K. Robinson), pp. 113-128. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
56. Soler, J. J., Avilés, J. M., Soler, M. & Møller, A. P. 2003 Evolution of host egg mimicry in a brood parasite, the great spotted cuckoo. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 79, 551-563.
57. Sorenson, M. D. & Payne, R. B. 2002 Molecular genetic perspectives on avian brood parasitism. Integr. Comp. Biol. 42, 388-400.
58. Sorenson, M. D., Sefc, K. M. & Payne, R. B. 2003 Speciation by host switch in brood parasitic indigobirds. Nature 424, 928-931.
59. Teuschl, Y., Taborsky, B. & Taborsky, M. 1998 How do cuckoos find their hosts? The role of habitat imprinting. Anim. Behav. 56, 1425-1433.
60. Tuero, D. T., Fiorini, V. D. & Reboreda, J. C. 2007 Effects of shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis parasitism on different components of house wren Troglodytes aedon reproductive success. Ibis 149, 521-529.
61. Woolfenden, B. E., Gibbs, H. L., Sealy, S. G. & McMaster, D. L. 2003 Host use and fecundity of individual female brown-headed cowbirds. Anim. Behav. 66, 95-106.
62. Woxvold, I. A., Mulder, R. A. & Magrath, M. J. L. 2006 Contributions to care vary with age, sex, breeding status and group size in the cooperative breeding apostlebird. Anim. Behav. 72, 63-73.