Obligate brood parasitism on Neotropical birds

VD Fiorini, MC De Mársico, CA Ursino… - Behavioral ecology of …, 2019 - Springer
Obligate brood parasites neither build their own nests nor rear their offspring. Instead, they
lay their eggs in nests of individuals of other species (hosts) that take care of the parasite's …

Innate development of acoustic signals for host parent–offspring recognition in the brood‐parasitic Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris

JM Rojas Ripari, CA Ursino, JC Reboreda… - Ibis, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Young birds communicate their need to parents through complex begging displays that
include visual and acoustic cues. Nestlings of interspecific brood parasites must 'tune'into …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Behavioral ecology of Neotropical birds

JC Reboreda, VD Fiorini, DT Tuero - 2019 - Springer
Behavioral ecology studies the adaptive value (or fitness consequences) of animal behavior.
The discipline emerged from ethology in the 1960s and 1970s of the previous century from …

Acoustic discrimination by hosts favours vocal trickery in fledglings of the brood-parasitic screaming cowbird

F Lama, CA Ursino, JC Reboreda… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2022 - Springer
Agonistic interactions between obligate avian brood parasites and their hosts can lead to the
coevolution at any stage of the nesting cycle, yet adaptations and counter-adaptations at the …

Kinship and genetic mating system of the Grayish Baywing (Agelaioides badius), a cooperatively breeding Neotropical blackbird

CA Ursino, MC De Mársico… - The Auk …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Kin selection theory predicts that extrapair mating should be rare in cooperatively breeding
birds. However, most cooperative breeders are not genetically monogamous and the …

Family ties in a neotropical cooperative breeder: within‐group relatedness and fine‐scale genetic structure in the greyish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)

JM Rojas Ripari, L Campagna, B Mahler, I Lovette… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cooperative breeding is a reproductive system in which one or more adults (helpers) assist
others in rearing their offspring. Cooperative breeding occurs in 9% of birds, encompassing …

Vocal trickery allows specialist screaming cowbird juveniles to escape host discrimination after leaving the nest

F Lama, CA Ursino, JC Reboreda, MC De Mársico - 2022 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Agonistic interactions between obligate avian brood parasites and their hosts can lead to the
coevolution at any stage of the nesting cycle, yet adaptations and counter-adaptations at the …