Male incubation feeding in songbirds responds differently to nest predation risk across hemispheres

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1347-1356

  Matysioková, Beata ^a   Cockburn, Andrew ^b   Remeš, Vladimír ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Incubation feeding; Life history; Nest predation; Parental care; Songbird

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; INCUBATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEST PREDATION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SONGBIRD;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 82355175263     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

References (132)

1. Amadon D. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 50. A preliminary life history study of the Florida jay Cyanocitta c. coerulescens. American Museum Novitates 1944, 1252:1-22.
2. Auer S.K., Bassar R.D., Fontaine J.J., Martin T.E. Breeding biology of passerines in a subtropical montane forest in northwestern Argentina. Condor 2007, 109:321-333.
3. Barker F.K., Cibois A., Schikler P., Feinstein J., Cracraft J. Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 2004, 101:11040-11045.
4. Beintema A.J. Inferring nest success from old records. Ibis 1996, 138:568-570.
5. Bent A.C. Life histories of North American cardinals, grosbeaks, buntings, towhees, finches, sparrows, and allies. Order Passeriformes: Family Fringillidae. Genera Richmondena through Pipilo (part). U.S. National Museum Bulletin 1968, 237:453-456.
6. Biebach H. Energetic costs of incubation on different clutch sizes in starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Ardea 1981, 69:141-142.
7. Boulton R., Richard Y., Armstrong D.P. The effect of male incubation feeding, food and temperature on the incubation behaviour of New Zealand robins. Ethology 2010, 115:1-8.
8. Brewer R. Comparative notes on the life history of the Carolina chickadee. Wilson Bulletin 1961, 73:348-373.
9. Buitron D. Female and male specialization in parental care and its consequences in black-billed magpies. Condor 1988, 90:29-39.
10. Butler R.W., Verbeek N.A.M., Richardson H. The breeding biology of the northwestern crow. Wilson Bulletin 1994, 96:408-418.
11. Clutton-Brock T.H. The Evolution of Parental Care 1991, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
12. Cockburn A. Prevalence of different modes of parental care in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2006, 273:1375-1383.
13. Conway C.J., Martin T.E. Effects of ambient temperature on avian incubation strategies: a model and test. Behavioral Ecology 2000, 11:178-188.
14. Conway C.J., Martin T.E. Evolution of passerine incubation behavior: influence of food, temperature, and nest predation. Evolution 2000, 54:670-685.
15. Cottam C. Incubation feeding of Calliope hummingbird. Auk 1941, 58:59-60.
16. Coventry P. Notes on the breeding behaviour of the red-capped robin. Australian Bird Watcher 1988, 12:209-216.
17. Coventry P. Notes on the scarlet robin. Australian Bird Watcher 1989, 13:68-69.
18. Davis D.E. Observations on territorial behavior of least flycatchers. Wilson Bulletin 1959, 71:73-85.
19. Davis J. Nesting behavior of the rufous-sided towhee in coastal California. Condor 1960, 62:434-456.
20. Davis J., Fisler G.F., Davis B.S. The breeding biology of the western flycatcher. Condor 1963, 65:337-382.
21. Debus S., Boland B., Koboroff A. Breeding of the eastern yellow robin in an exotic pine plantation at Armidale, New South Wales. Australian Field Ornithology 2004, 21:166-169.
22. Deeming D.C. Behaviour patterns during incubation. Avian Incubation. Behaviour, Environment, and Evolution 2002, 63-87. Oxford University Press, New York. D.C. Deeming (Ed.).
23. Dickinson J.L., Leonard M.L. Mate attendance and copulatory behaviour in western bluebirds: evidence of mate guarding. Animal Behaviour 1995, 52:981-992.
24. Dobbs R.C. Breeding biology of dusky flycatchers in a southern Utah mixed conifer-aspen woodland. Journal of Field Ornithology 2005, 76:183-192.
25. Doerr E.D., Doerr V.A.J. Positive effects of helpers on reproductive success in the brown treecreeper and the general importance of future benefits. Journal of Animal Ecology 2007, 76:966-976.
26. Doerr, V. A. J. 2004. A comparative approach to cooperative breeding: demography, helping behavior, and population genetics of Australasian treecreepers. Ph.D. thesis, University of Nevada.
27. Drent R. Incubation. Avian Biology. Vol. 5 1975, 333-420. Academic Press, New York. D.S. Farner, J.R. King, K.C. Parkes (Eds.).
28. Eikenaar C., Berg L., Komdeur J. Experimental evidence for the influence of food availability on incubation attendance and hatching asynchrony in the Australian reed warbler Acrocephalus australis. Journal of Avian Biology 2003, 34:419-427.
29. Engqvist L. The mistreatment of covariate interaction terms in linear model analyses of behavioural and evolutionary ecology studies. Animal Behaviour 2005, 70:967-971.
30. Erpino M.J. Nest-related activities of black-billed magpies. Condor 1968, 70:154-165.
31. Fontaine J.J., Martin T.E. Parent birds assess nest predation risk and adjust their reproductive strategies. Ecology Letters 2006, 9:428-434.
32. Fontaine J.J., Martel M., Markland H.M., Niklison A.M., Decker K.L., Martin T.E. Testing ecological and behavioral correlates of nest predation. Oikos 2007, 116:1887-1894.
33. Frith D.W., Frith C.B. The nesting biology of the grey-headed robin Heteromyias albispecularis (Petroicidae) in Australian upland tropical rainforest. Emu 2000, 100:81-94.
34. Ghalambor C.K., Martin T.E. Fecundity-survival trade-offs and parental risk-taking in birds. Science 2001, 292:494-497.
35. Ghalambor C.K., Martin T.E. Comparative manipulation of predation risk in incubating birds reveals variability in the plasticity of responses. Behavioral Ecology 2002, 13:101-108.
36. Gill B.J. Notes on the nesting and longevity of whiteheads. Notornis 1993, 40:141-143.
37. Grafen A. The phylogenetic regression. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 1989, 326:119-157.
38. von Haartman L. The incubation rhythm of the female pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in the presence and absence of the male. Ornis Fennica 1958, 35:71-76.
39. Haftorn S. Egg temperature during incubation in the great tit Parus major, in relation to ambient temperature, time of day, and other factors. Fauna Norvegica 1983, 6:22-38.
40. Haftorn S., Reinertsen R.E. The effect of temperature and clutch size on the energetic cost of incubation in free-living blue tit (Parus caeruleus). Auk 1985, 102:470-478.
41. Hardy J.W. Studies in behavior and phylogeny of certain New World jays (Garrulinae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 1961, 42:13-149.
42. Hatchwell B.J. Investment strategies of breeders in avian cooperative breeding systems. American Naturalist 1999, 154:205-219.
43. de Heij M.E., van den Hout P.J., Tinbergen J.M. Fitness cost of incubation in great tits (Parus major) is related to clutch size. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2006, 273:2353-2361.
44. de Heij M.E., Ubels R., Visser G.H., Tinbergen J.M. Female great tits Parus major do not increase their daily energy expenditure when incubating enlarged clutches. Journal of Avian Biology 2008, 39:121-126.
45. Higgins P.J., Peter J.M. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Vol. 6: Pardalotes to Shrike-thrushes 2002, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
46. Higgins P.J., Peter J.M., Steele W.K. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Vol. 5: Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats 2001, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
47. Higgins P.J., Peter J.M., Cowling S.J. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Vol. 7: Boatbill to Starlings 2006, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
48. Innes J., Hay R. The nesting of the North Island kokako (Callaeas cinerea wilsoni): review of accounts from 1880 to 1989. Notornis 1995, 42:79-93.
49. Jawor J.M., Breitwisch R. Is mate provisioning predicted by ornamentation? A test with northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis). Ethology 2006, 112:888-895.
50. Johnson L.S., Kermott L.H. Why do male house wrens feed their incubating mates so rarely?. American Midland Naturalist 1992, 127:200-203.
51. Kearton, P. M. 1979. The breeding biology and behaviour of the yellow-breasted tit (Petroica macrocephala macrocephala). M.Sc. thesis, University of Canterbury.
52. Kendeigh S.C. Parental care and its evolution in birds. Illinois Biological Monographs 1952, 22:1-356.
53. Kepler C.B., Pratt T.K., Ecton A.E., Flutsch K.M. Nesting behavior of the poo-uli. Wilson Bulletin 1996, 108:620-638.
54. Kilham L. The American Crow and the Common Raven 1989, Texas A&M University Press, College Station.
55. King B.R. Social organization and behaviour of the grey-crowned babbler Pomatostomus temporalis. Emu 1980, 80:59-76.
56. Klatt P.H., Stutchbury B.J.M., Evans M.L. Incubation feeding by male scarlet tanagers: a mate removal experiment. Journal of Field Ornithology 2008, 79:1-10.
57. Lack D. Courtship feeding in birds. Auk 1940, 57:169-178.
58. Lack D. Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds 1968, Chapman & Hall, London.
59. Lawrence L.de K The red crossbill at Pimisi bay, Ontario. Canadian Field-Naturalist 1949, 63:147-160.
60. Lawrence L.de K. Notes on the nesting behavior of the blackburnian warbler. Wilson Bulletin 1953, 65:135-144.
61. Ligon J.D., Ligon S.H. The communal social system of the green woodhoopoe in Kenya. Living Bird 1978, 17:1663-1669.
62. Linsdale J.M. Goldfinches on the hastings natural history reservation. American Midland Naturalist 1957, 57:1-119.
63. Lloyd P., Taylor W.A., du Plessis M.A., Martin T.E. Females increase reproductive investment in response to helper-mediated improvements in allo-feeding, nest survival, nestling provisioning and post-fledging survival in the Karoo scrub-robin Cercotrichas coryphaeus. Journal of Avian Biology 2009, 40:400-411.
64. Loynes K., Joseph L., Keogh J.S. Multi-locus phylogeny clarifies the systematics of the Australo-Papuan robins (Family Petroicidae, Passeriformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2009, 53:212-219.
65. Lyon B.E., Montgomerie R.D. Incubation feeding in snow buntings: female manipulation or indirect male parental care?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1985, 17:279-284.
66. Lyon B.E., Montgomerie R.D. Ecological correlates of incubation feeding: a comparative study of high arctic finches. Ecology 1987, 68:713-722.
67. McLaren M.A. Breeding biology of the boreal chickadee. Wilson Bulletin 1975, 87:344-354.
68. McNair D.B. Breeding biology of the fish crow. Oriole 1984, 49:21-32.
69. Maguire G.S., Mulder R.A. Breeding biology and demography of the southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus). Australian Journal of Zoology 2004, 52:583-604.
70. Marchant S. Notes on the breeding of varied sittellas. Corella 1984, 8:11-15.
71. Marchant S. Nesting notes on the white-naped honeyeater. Australian Birds 1986, 20:52-54.
72. Martin T.E. A new view of avian life-history evolution tested on an incubation paradox. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2002, 269:309-316.
73. Martin T.E., Ghalambor C.K. Males feeding females during incubation. I. Required by microclimate or constrained by nest predation?. American Naturalist 1999, 153:131-139.
74. Martin T.E., Scott M., Menge C. Nest predation increases with parental activity: separating nest site and parental activity effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2000, 267:2287-2293.
75. Martin T.E., Auer S.K., Bassar R.D., Niklison A.M., Lloyd P. Geographic variation in avian incubation periods and parental influences on embryonic temperature. Evolution 2007, 61:2558-2569.
76. Marzluff J.M., Balda R.P. Pinyon jays: making the best of a bad situation by helping. Cooperative Breeding in Birds 1992, 197-238. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. P.B. Stacey, W.D. Koenig (Eds.).
77. Matysioková B. Incubation feeding in birds. Sylvia 2010, 46:3-21.
78. Matysioková B., Remeš V. Incubation feeding and nest attentiveness in a socially monogamous songbird: role of feather colouration, territory quality, and ambient environment. Ethology 2010, 116:596-607.
79. Mayfield H.F. Suggestions for calculating nest success. Wilson Bulletin 1975, 87:456-466.
80. Mertens J.A.L. The energy requirements for incubation in great tits, Parus major L. Ardea 1977, 65:184-196.
81. Miller H.C., Lambert D.M. A molecular phylogeny of New Zealand's Petroica (Aves: Petroicidae) species based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2006, 40:844-855.
82. Møller A.P., Birkhead T.R. Certainty of paternity covaries with paternal care in birds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1993, 33:261-268.
83. Nice M.N., Thomas R.H. Nesting of the Carolina wren. Wilson Bulletin 1948, 60:139-158.
84. Nilsson J.-A., Smith H.K. Incubation feeding as a male tactic for early hatching. Animal Behaviour 1988, 36:641-647.
85. Nolan P.M., Stoehr A.M., Hill G.F., McGraw K.J. The number of provisioning visits by house finches predicts the mass of food delivered. Condor 2001, 103:851-855.
86. Nolan V. Anticipatory food-bringing in the prairie warbler. Auk 1958, 75:263-278.
87. Nolan V. The ecology and behavior of the prairie warbler Dendroica discolor. Ornithological Monographs 1978, 26:1-593.
88. Norris R.A. Comparative biosystematics and life history of the nuthatches Sitta pygmaea and Sitta pusilla. University of California Publications in Zoology 1958, 56:119-300.
89. Noske R.A. A demographic comparison of cooperatively breeding and non-cooperative treecreepers (Climacteridae). Emu 1991, 91:73-86.
90. Odum E.P. Annual cycle of the black-capped chickadee: 2. Auk 1942, 58:518-535.
91. Offutt G.C. Behavior of the tufted titmouse before and during the nesting season. Wilson Bulletin 1965, 77:382-387.
92. Oliarnyk C.J., Robertson R.J. Breeding behavior and reproductive success of cerulean warblers in southeastern Ontario. Wilson Bulletin 1996, 108:673-684.
93. Otter K., Ramsay S.M., Ratcliffe L. Enhanced reproductive success of female black-capped chickadees mated to high-ranking males. Auk 1999, 116:345-354.
94. Paradis E. Analysis of Phylogenetics and Evolution with R 2006, Springer, New York.
95. Pearse A.T., Cavitt J.F., Cully J.F. Effects of food supplementation on female nest attentiveness and incubation mate feeding in two sympatric wren species. Wilson Bulletin 2004, 116:23-30.
96. Perry A.E. The nesting of the pine siskin in Nebraska. Wilson Bulletin 1965, 77:243-250.
97. Poiani A. Feeding of the female breeder by male helpers in the bell miner Manorina melanophrys. Emu 1992, 92:233-237.
98. Poole A., Gill F. The Birds of North America 1992-2002, The Birds of North America, Philadelphia.
99. Powlesland R.G. Breeding and mortality of the South Island robin in Kowhai Bush, Kaikoura. Notornis 1983, 3:265-282.
100. Putnam L.S. The life history of the cedar waxwing. Wilson Bulletin 1949, 61:141-182.
101. Radford A.N. Incubation feeding by helper influences female nest attendance in the green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 2004, 55:583-588.
102. Radford, J. 2002. Conservation ecology and breeding biology of the white-browed treecreeper Climacteris affinis. Ph.D. thesis, Deakin University.
103. Remeš V., Martin T.E. Environmental influences on the evolution of growth and developmental rates in passerines. Evolution 2002, 56:2505-2518.
104. Revell L.J. Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2010, 1:319-329.
105. Ricklefs R.E. An analysis of nesting mortality in birds. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1969, 9:1-48.
106. Ritchison G. Breeding biology of the white-breasted nuthatch. Loon 1981, 53:184-187.
107. Roff D.A. The Evolution of Life Histories: Theory and Analysis 1992, Chapman & Hall, New York.
108. Roff D.A., Remeš V., Martin T.E. The evolution of fledging age in songbirds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2005, 18:1425-1433.
109. Røskaft E. Sex-role partitioning and parental care by the rook Corvus frugilegus. Ornis Scandinavica 1983, 14:180-187.
110. Rowley I., Russell E. Demography of Passerines in the temperate southern hemisphere. Bird Population Studies: Relevance to Conservation and Management 1991, 22-44. Oxford University Press, New York. C.M. Perrins, J.-D. Lebreton, G.J.M. Hirons (Eds.).
111. Rowley I. The comparative ecology of Australian corvids IV. Nesting and the rearing the young to independence. Wildlife Research 1973, 18:91-129.
112. Secomb D. Breeding biology and behaviour of the northern forest raven Corvus tasmanicus boreus. Australian Field Ornithology 2005, 22:126-136.
113. Sedgwick J.A. Reproductive ecology of dusky flycatchers in western Montana. Wilson Bulletin 1993, 105:84-92.
114. Sheldon B.C. Relating paternity to paternal care. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 2002, 357:341-350.
115. Siefferman L., Hill G.E. Blue structural coloration of male eastern bluebirds Sialia sialis predicts incubation provisioning to females. Journal of Avian Biology 2005, 36:488-493.
116. Simon J.C., Pratt T.K., Berlin K.E., Kowalsky J.R. Reproductive ecology of the Maui parrotbill. Wilson Bulletin 2000, 112:482-490.
117. Skutch A.F. The constancy of incubation. Wilson Bulletin 1962, 74:115-152.
118. Snyder D.P., Cassel J.F. A late summer nest of the red crossbill in Colorado. Wilson Bulletin 1951, 63:177-180.
119. Sturm L. A study of the nesting activities of the American redstart. Auk 1945, 62:189-206.
120. Tewksbury J.J., Martin T.E., Hejl S.J., Kuehn M.J., Jenkins J.W. Parental care of a cowbird host: caught between the costs of egg-removal and nest predation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2002, 269:423-429.
121. Thompson F.R. Factors affecting nest predation on forest songbirds in North America. Ibis 2007, 149:98-109.
122. Thomson D.L., Monaghan P., Furness R.W. The demands of incubation and avian clutch size. Biological Reviews 1998, 73:293-304.
123. Tweed E.J., Foster J.T., Woodworth B.L., Monahan W.B., Kellerman J.L., Lieberman A. Breeding biology and success of a reintroduced population of the critically endangered puaiohi (Myadestes palmeri). Auk 2006, 123:753-763.
124. Van Riper C. Observations on the breeding of the palila Psittirostra bailleui of Hawaii. Ibis 1980, 122:462-475.
125. VanderWerf E.A. Breeding biology and territoriality of the Hawaii creeper. Condor 1998, 100:541-545.
126. Verbeek N.A.M. The exploitation system of the yellow-billed magpie. University of California Publications in Zoology 1973, 99:1-58.
127. Webb D.R. Thermal tolerance of avian embryos: a review. Condor 1987, 89:874-898.
128. Weidinger K. Identification of nest predators: a sampling perspective. Journal of Avian Biology 2008, 39:640-646.
129. Williams J.B. Energetics of avian incubation. Avian Energetics and Nutritional Ecology 1996, 375-415. Chapman & Hall, London. C. Carey (Ed.).
130. Wood K.A. Aspects of breeding of the pied currawong Strepera graculina at Wolongong, New South Wales. Corella 2001, 25:85-93.
131. Yom-Tov Y., McCleery R., Purchase D. The survival rate of Australian passerines. Ibis 1992, 134:374-379.
132. Zanette L., Doyle P., Trémont S.M. Food shortage in small fragments: evidence from an area-sensitive passerine. Ecology 2000, 81:1654-1666.