2022
Nest sanitation as an effective defence against brood parasitism
ŠULC, Michal, Anna E. HUGHES, Lisandrina MARI, Jolyon TROSCIANKO, Oldřich TOMÁŠEK et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Nest sanitation as an effective defence against brood parasitism
Autoři
ŠULC, Michal (garant), Anna E. HUGHES, Lisandrina MARI, Jolyon TROSCIANKO, Oldřich TOMÁŠEK (203 Česká republika, domácí), Tomáš ALBRECHT a Václav JELÍNEK
Vydání
Animal Cognition, Heidelberg, Springer, 2022, 1435-9448
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10614 Behavioral sciences biology
Stát vydavatele
Německo
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 2.700
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/22:00129319
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
UT WoS
000819711200001
Klíčová slova anglicky
Mimicry; Nest cleaning; Visual cues; Sensory ecology; Template image; Illumination
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 25. 1. 2023 08:34, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.
Anotace
V originále
Egg rejection is a crucial defence strategy against brood parasitism that requires the host to correctly recognise the foreign egg. Rejection behaviour has, thus, evolved in many hosts, facilitated by the visual differences between the parasitic and host eggs, and driving hosts to rely on colour and pattern cues. On the other hand, the need to recognise non-egg-shaped objects to carry out nest sanitation led birds to evolve the ability to discriminate and eject objects using mainly shape cues. However, little is known regarding the evolutionary significance of rejection behaviour in general and the cognitive processes underlying it. Here, we investigated the response of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) during pre-laying and laying stages to four objects types that differed in shape (eggs vs stars) and colour/pattern (mimetic vs non-mimetic) to investigate (1) what cognitive mechanisms are involved in object discrimination and (2) whether egg rejection is a direct defence against brood parasitism, or simply a product of nest sanitation. We found that swallows ejected stars more often than eggs in both stages, indicating that swallows possess a template for the shape of their eggs. Since the effect of colour/pattern on ejection decisions was minor, we suggest that barn swallows have not evolved a direct defence against brood parasitism but instead, egg ejection might be a product of their well-developed nest sanitation behaviour. Nonetheless, the fact that mimetic eggs were ejected especially in the pre-laying stage shows that nest sanitation could be an effective defence against poorly timed brood parasitism.
Návaznosti
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