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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM100878
Első szerző:	Hauber, Márk E.
Cím:	Clutch size and the rejection of parasitic eggs: a comparative test of the maternal investment hypothesis / Mark E. Hauber, Christina Riehl, Jenő Nagy
Dátum:	2022
ISSN:	0269-7653
Megjegyzések:	Obligate brood parasitic birds lay their eggs in the nests of other species, reducing the host's own reproductive output. To circumvent these fitness costs, many?but not all?host species have evolved the ability to recognize and reject brood parasitic eggs. What factors constrain egg rejection, and why do host species vary in their likelihood of rejection? Previous comparative studies have found that egg rejection rates covary with several biotic factors (including larger body size, smaller relative brain size, and more northerly breeding latitudes), but much behavioral variation in the occurrence of egg rejection remains unexplained. In this study, we test a corollary of the maternal investment hypothesis, by assessing whether species with higher clutch sizes are more likely to eliminate parasitic eggs. We examined two published data sets comprising over 200 unique bird species, controlling for phylogeny and other known interspecific correlates of egg rejection rates. Contrary to the prediction, we found no evidence for a positive relationship between clutch size and egg rejection rate. Rather, our analyses suggest a weak but consistent negative relationship between absolute and relative metrics of clutch size versus egg rejection rate across species. These results are instead consistent with two previously proposed alternative hypotheses: that egg rejection is constrained by a trade-off between maternal investment and anti-parasitic defenses, possibly mediated by endocrine mechanisms linked to parental care, and/or that cognitive decision rules facilitate the detection of dissimilar eggs in smaller clutches.
Tárgyszavak:	Természettudományok Biológiai tudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban folyóiratcikk endocrine trade-off egg rejection host-parasite coevolution relative clutch size
Megjelenés:	Evolutionary Ecology. - 36 : 2 (2022), p. 263-272. -
További szerzők:	Riehl, Christina Nagy Jenő (1989-) (biológus)
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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM097841
Első szerző:	Mainwaring, Mark C.
Cím:	Sex-specific contributions to nest building in birds / Mark C. Mainwaring, Jenő Nagy, Mark E. Hauber
Dátum:	2021
ISSN:	1045-2249
Megjegyzések:	The causes and consequences of interspecific variation in sex-specific contributions to animal parental care are relatively well understood during pregnancy or incubation and during offspring provisioning, but comparative patterns of sex-biased investment during nest-, den-, or other shelter-building have been almost completely overlooked. This is surprising because birthing shelters' protective properties have important fitness consequences for both parents and offspring. Here, we address this gap in our knowledge by testing predictions concerning sex-specific contributions to avian nest building in more than 500 species of Western Palearctic birds in relation to the time available to breed and sex-specific reproductive effort, while also examining correlates with nesting site and nest structure. Using multivariate phylogenetic comparative and path analysis approaches, we found that, opposite to what had been predicted, species in which females build nests alone have shorter breeding seasons and breed at higher latitudes. In addition, species in which females lay larger clutch sizes and incubate eggs alone are more likely to have nests built by females alone, again countering predictions that reproductive contributions are not traded-off between the sexes. Finally, however, sex-specific nest building contributions were predictably related to nest site and structure, as species in which females built nests alone were more likely to have open cup nests relative to enclosed, domed nests of species in which both parents build. Our study provides important new insights, and generates several new questions for experimental research into the adaptive dynamics of sex-specific contributions prior or at the onset of parental care.
Tárgyszavak:	Természettudományok Biológiai tudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban folyóiratcikk birds incubation nest building nest structure offspring provisioning parental care Western Palearctic
Megjelenés:	Behavioral Ecology. - 32 (2021), p. 1-11. -
További szerzők:	Nagy Jenő (1989-) (biológus) Hauber, Márk E.
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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM082239
Első szerző:	Nagy Jenő (biológus)
Cím:	Correlated evolution of nest and egg characteristics in birds / Jenő Nagy, Mark E.Hauber, Ian R.Hartley, Mark C. Mainwaring
Dátum:	2019
ISSN:	0003-3472
Megjegyzések:	Correlational selection is defined as selection for adaptive character combinations, and it therefore favours combinations of coevolved traits via phenotypic integration. Whereas the evolution of avian nestbuilding and egg-laying characteristics are well understood, their correlated dynamics remain overlooked. Here, we examined patterns of correlated evolution between nest, egg and clutch characteristics in 855 species of birds from 90 families, representing nearly 9% and 33% of avian species- and familylevel diversity. We show that the ancestral state of birds' nests was semi-open with nest sites having since become progressively more open over time. Furthermore, nest characteristics appear to have influenced egg-laying patterns in that while semi-open nests with variable clutch sizes were probably ancestral, clutch sizes have declined over evolutionary time in both open and closed nests. Ancestrally, avian eggs were also large, heavy and either elliptic or round, and there have been high transition rates from elliptic to round eggs in open nests and vice versa in closed nests. Ancestrally, both unpigmented (white) and pigmented (blueebrown) eggs were laid in open nests, although blueebrown eggs have transitioned more to white over time in open and closed nests, independently. We conclude that there has been a remarkable level of correlated evolution between the nest and egg characteristics of birds, which supports scenarios of correlational selection on both of these extended avian phenotypes.
Tárgyszavak:	Természettudományok Biológiai tudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban folyóiratcikk bird comparative analysis correlated evolution egg nest
Megjelenés:	Animal Behaviour. - 158 (2019), p. 211-225. -
További szerzők:	Hauber, Márk E. Hartley, Ian R. Mainwaring, Mark C.
Pályázati támogatás:	HJ Van Cleave Professorship Egyéb EMET No. NTP-EFÖ-P-15-A-0495 Egyéb
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