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Responses of Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus to non-mimetic eggs of different sizes in a nest parasitism experiment
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SYSNO ASEP 0346258 Druh ASEP J - Článek v odborném periodiku Zařazení RIV J - Článek v odborném periodiku Poddruh J Článek ve WOS Název Responses of Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus to non-mimetic eggs of different sizes in a nest parasitism experiment Tvůrce(i) Stokke, B. G. (NO)
Polačiková, Lenka (UBO-W) RID, SAI
Dyrcz, A. (PL)
Hafstad, I. (NO)
Moksnes, A. (NO)
Roskaft, E. (NO)Celkový počet autorů 6 Zdroj.dok. Acta Ornithologica - ISSN 0001-6454
Roč. 45, č. 1 (2010), s. 98-104Poč.str. 7 s. Jazyk dok. eng - angličtina Země vyd. PL - Polsko Klíč. slova wing morphology ; migration ; microsatellites ; genetic diversity Vědní obor RIV EG - Zoologie CEP GD524/05/H536 GA ČR - Grantová agentura ČR CEZ AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011) UT WOS 000280387600011 EID SCOPUS 77955618683 DOI 10.3161/000164510X516137 Anotace We examined the influence of egg size differences between host and parasite eggs on egg rejection behaviour in a population of Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus parasitized by Common Cuckoos Cuculus canorus To this end, we experimentally parasitized host clutches using real Chinese Quail Column: chinensis and conspecific eggs Both egg types were painted immaculate blue The Chinese Quail eggs differed from host eggs in both size and colour, while the conspecific eggs differed only in colour There were no differences in the rate of rejection rate of the two types of experimental eggs However, Chinese Quail eggs were rejected primarily by nest desertion, whereas conspecific eggs were mostly ejected. Moreover, clutches with Chinese Quail eggs were deserted significantly sooner in comparison with the ejection of conspecific eggs Therefore, egg size differences apparently affect the mode and speed but not the rate of egg rejection in this host population. Pracoviště Ústav biologie obratlovců Kontakt Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Rok sběru 2011
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