Fear screams and adaptation to avoid imminent death: Effects of genetic variation and predation

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-202

  Moler A P ^a,b   Nielsen, J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Center for Advanced Study   (Norway)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

band sharing coefficient; escape from predators; goshawk; predation; prey preference; sparrowhawk

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; FITNESS; GENE; GENETIC VARIATION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; PREDATION RISK; PREY CAPTURE; PREY PREFERENCE; RAPTOR; VOCALIZATION;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES;

EID: 78650203773     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949371003707968     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. BADYAEV A.V. 1997. Altitudinal variation in sexual dimorphism: A new pattern and alternative hypotheses. Behavioral Ecology 8: 675-690.
2. BARKER F.K., BARROWCLOUGH G.F. & GROTH J.G. 2001. A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds: Taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 269: 295-308.
3. BARKER F.K., CIBOIS A., SCHIKLER C., FEINSTEIN J. & CRACRAFT J. 2004. Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101: 11040-11045.
4. BECKER W.A. 1984. Manual of quantitative genetics. Pullman: Academic Enterprises.
5. BENT A.C. 1938. Life histories of North American birds of prey. US National Museum Bulletin 170.
6. BIBBY C.J., HILL D.A., BURGESS N.D. & MUSTOE S. 2005. Bird census techniques. London: Academic Press.
7. BLOMQVIST D., ANDERSSON M., KÜPPER C., CUTHILL I.C., KIS J., LANCTOT R., SANDERCOCK B.K., SZÉKELY T., WALLANDER J. & KEMPENAERS B. 2002. Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds. Nature 419: 613-615.
8. BLONDEL J., CATZEFLIS F. & PERRET P. 1996. Molecular phylogeny and the historical biogeography of the warblers of the genus Sylvia (Aves). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 9: 871-891.
9. BROCKMAN J.H. & BARNARD C.J. 1979. Kleptoparasitism in birds. Animal Behaviour 27: 487-514.
10. CIBOIS A. & CRACRAFT J. 2004. Assessing the passerine "Tapestry": Phylogenetic relationships of the Muscicapoidea inferred from nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 264-273.
11. CIBOIS A. & PASQUET E. 1999. Molecular analysis of the phylogeny of 11 genera of the Corvidae. Ibis 141: 297-306.
12. COOPER W.E., PEREZ-MELLADO V. & VITT L.J. 2004. Ease and effectiveness of costly autotomy vary with predation intensity among lizard populations. Journal of Zoology 262: 243-255.
13. CRAMP S. & PERRINS C.M., Eds. 1977-1994. The birds of the Western Palearctic. Vols 1-9. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
14. CURIO E. 1976. The ethology of predation. Berlin: Springer.
15. DRAPER N.R. & SMITH H. 1981. Applied regression analysis (2nd ed.). New York: John Wiley.
16. DRIVER P.M. & HUMPHRIES D.A. 1969. The significance of the high intensity alarm call in captured passerines. Ibis 111: 243-244.
17. EDMUNDS M. 1974. Defence in animals. Harlow: Longman.
18. FELSENSTEIN J. 1985. Phylogenies and the comparative method. The American Naturalist 125: 1-15.
19. GARLAND JR T., HARVEY P.H. & IVES A.R. 1992. Procedures for the analysis of comparative data using phylogenetically independent contrasts. Systematic Biology 41: 18-32.
20. GRELL M.B. 1998. Fuglenes Danmark. Copenhagen: Gad.
21. HAMILTON W.D. 1964. The genetical evolution of social behaviour. Journal of Theoretical Biology 7: 1-32.
22. HOELZEL A.R. 1992. Molecular genetic analysis of populations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
23. HÖGSTEDT G. 1983. Adaptation unto death: Function of fear screams. The American Naturalist 121: 562-570.
24. JMP. 2000. JMP. Cary: SAS Institute Inc.
25. JONES K.E. & PURVIS A. 1997. An optimum body size for mammals? Comparative evidence from bats. Functional Ecology 11: 751-756.
26. KRUUK H. 1972. The spotted hyena. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
27. LEISLER B., HEIDRICH P., SCHULZE-HAGEN K. & WINK M. 1997. Taxonomy and phylogeny of reed warblers (genus Acrocephalus) based on mtDNA sequences and morphology. Journal für Ornithologie 138: 469-496.
28. MOøLLER A.P. 2001. Sexual selection, extra-pair paternity, genetic variability and conservation. Acta Zoologica Sinica 47: 2-12.
29. MOøLLER A.P. & BIRKHEAD T.R. 1994. The evolution of plumage brightness in birds is related to extra-pair paternity. Evolution 48: 1089-1100.
30. MOøLLER A.P., GARAMSZEGI L.Z. & SPOTTISWOODE C. 2008. Genetic similarity, distribution range and sexual selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 213-225.
31. MOøLLER A.P. & NIELSEN J.T. 2006. Prey vulnerability in relation to sexual coloration of prey. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 227-233.
32. MOøLLER A.P. & NIELSEN J.T. 2007. Malaria and risk of predation: A comparative study of birds. Ecology 88: 871-881.
33. MOøLLER A.P., NIELSEN J.T. & ERRITZOøE, J. 2006. Losing the last feather: Feather loss as an antipredator adaptation in birds. Behavioral Ecology 17: 1046-1056.
34. MULLARNEY T., SVENSSON L., ZETTERSTRÖM D. & GRANT P.J. 2000. The complete guide to the birds of Europe. London: Harper Collins.
35. NETER J., KUTNER M.H., NACHTSHEIM C.J. & WASSERMAN W. 1996. Applied linear statistical models. Chicago: Irwin.
36. NIELSEN J.T. 2004a. A population study of sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus in Vendsyssel, Denmark, 1977-1997 [Danish, with English summary]. Dansk Ornithologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 98: 147-162.
37. NIELSEN J.T. 2004b. Prey selection of sparrowhawks in Vendsyssel, Denmark [Danish, with English summary]. Dansk Ornithologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 98: 164-173.
38. PAPANGELOU A., HAM M. & MIYAMOTO M.M. 1998. Variation of multilocus minisatellite DNA fingerprints in avian populations. Zoological Studies 37: 161-168.
39. PERRONE M. 1980. Factors affecting the incidence of distress calls in passerine birds. Wilson Bulletin 92: 404-408.
40. PURVIS A. & RAMBAUT A. 1995. Comparative analysis by independent contrasts (CAIC). Computer and Applied Biosciences 11: 247-251.
41. READ A.F. 1987. Comparative evidence supports the Hamilton and Zuk hypothesis on parasites and sexual selection. Nature 328: 68-70.
42. REEVE H.K., WESTNEAT D.F., NOON W.A., SHERMAN P.W. & AQUADRO F. 1990. DNA "fingerprinting" reveals high levels of inbreeding in colonies of the eusocial naked mole-rat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 87: 2496-2500.
43. ROHWER S., FRETWELL S.D. & TUCKSFIELD R.C. 1976. Distress screams as a measure of kinship in birds. The American Midland Naturalist 96: 418-430.
44. SHELDON F.H., SLIKAS B., KINNARNEY M., GILL F.B., ZHAO E. & SILVERIN B. 1992. DNA-DNA hybridization evidence of phylogenetic relationships among major lineages of Parus. The Auk 109: 173-185.
45. SIBLEY C.G. & AHLQUIST J.E. 1990. Phylogeny and classification of birds, a study in molecular evolution. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
46. SOKAL R.R. & ROHLF F.J. 1995. Biometry (3rd ed.). New York: Freeman.
47. SPOTTISWOODE C. & MOøLLER A.P. 2004. Genetic similarity and hatching success in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 271: 267-272.
48. STEFANSKI R.A. & FALLS J.B. 1972. Distress calls of song, swamp, and white-throated sparrows (Aves: Fringillidae). I. Intraspecific responses and functions. Canadian Journal of Zoology 50: 1501-1512.
49. SVENSSON L. 1984. Identification guide to European passerines. Stockholm: L. Svensson.
50. WALTER H. 1979. Eleonora's falcon. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
51. WETTON J.H., CARTER R.E., PARKIN D.T. & WALTERS D. 1987. Demographic study of a wild house sparrow population by DNA fingerprinting. Nature 327: 147-149.
52. VITT L.J., CONGDON J.D. & DICKSON N.A. 1977. Adaptive strategies and energetics of tail autotomy in lizards. Ecology 58: 326-337.
53. YURI T. & MINDELL D.P. 2002. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Fringillidae, "New World nine-primaried oscines" (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23: 229-243.