Evolutionary lag versus bill-size constraints: a comparative study of the acceptance of cowbird eggs by old hosts

By S. Rohwer, Carol D. Spaw. Evolutionary Ecology, 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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The evolution of nestling discrimination by hosts of parasitic birds: why is rejection so rare? (2006, unknown): “The evolutionary equilibrium hypothesis states that rejection costs outweigh or balance parasitism costs, resulting in a stable equilibrium maintained by stabilizing selection (Rohwer and Spaw, 1988; Lotem et al., 1992, 1995; Brooker and Brooker, 1996; Lawes and Marthews, 2003).”
Hatching asynchrony, nestling competition, and the cost of interspecific brood parasitism (2003, background): “Furthermore, when parasitism is followed by the hosts’ attempts to remove cowbird eggs, these lead to accidental rejections of or damages to their own eggs at low but nonzero rates (Lorenzana and Sealy, 2001; Rohwer and Spaw, 1988, Roskraft et al., 1993; Sealy, 1996).”
The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe (2005, background): “We considered the possibility that the small bill size of small host species may constrain their ability to grasp and reject hard plastic eggs, so we also tested five small Australian species (superb fairy-wrens, yellow-rumped thornbills, buff-rumped thornbills, brown thornbills, red-browed firetail”
Advances in the Study of Coevolution Between Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts (2014, background): “Rejection may also depend on bill size relative to the size and thickness of the parasite egg (Rohwer & Spaw 1988, Moksnes et al. 1991, but see Underwood & Sealy 2006).”
Multiple effects of brood parasitism reduce the reproductive success of prothonotary warblers, Protonotaria citrea (2003, background): “Smith (1981) found no effect of parasitism on female survival for an island population of song sparrows, Melospiza melodia, but Grzybowski (1991) reported low returns (27%) of female black-capped vireos, Vireo atricapillus, following a year with a relatively high frequency of cowbird parasitism (45%”