Conspecific brood parasitism in birds: a life-history perspective

BE Lyon, JMA Eadie - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and …, 2008‏ - annualreviews.org
Conspecific brood parasitism (CBP), whereby females lay eggs in the nests of other
conspecifics, occurs in over 200 species of birds. As an alternative tactic to typical nesting …

An updated list and some comments on the occurrence of intraspecific nest parasitism in birds

Y YOM‐TOV - Ibis, 2001‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a list, compiled from the literature, of bird species in which intraspecific
nest parasitism (INP) occurs. INP was reported in 234 species: one Struthioniformes, two …

Brood parasitism, relatedness and sociality: a kinship role in female reproductive tactics

M Andersson, M Åhlund, P Waldeck - Biological Reviews, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Conspecific brood parasitism (CBP) is a reproductive tactic in which parasitic females lay
eggs in nests of other females of the same species that then raise the joint brood. Parasites …

Stranger danger: a meta-analysis of the dear enemy hypothesis

JA Werba, AMM Stuckert, M Edwards, MW McCoy - Behavioural Processes, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The dear enemy hypothesis predicts that territorial individuals will be less aggressive toward
known neighbors than to strangers. This hypothesis has been well studied and there is a …

Evolutionary routes to joint-female nesting in birds

SL Vehrencamp - Behavioral Ecology, 2000‏ - academic.oup.com
Cooperative breeding systems in birds vary widely in terms of group composition and
degree of reproductive skew among male and female group members. A new classification …

Plasticity in incubation behavior and shading by king rails Rallus elegans in response to temperature

AJ Clauser, SB McRae - Journal of Avian Biology, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
King rails experience a wide range of temperatures during the course of the breeding
season throughout their rapidly contracting geographic range. Incubating parent birds are …

Family values: costs and benefits of communal nesting in the moorhen

SB McRAE - Animal Behaviour, 1996‏ - Elsevier
Moorhens, Gallinula chloropus, are predominantly monogamous, but, annually, 21–35%(N=
74–78) of the territories in a high density breeding population of moorhens at Peakirk …

Reed warblers guard against cuckoos and cuckoldry

NB Davies, SHM Butchart, TA Burke, N Chaline… - Animal Behaviour, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Previous studies have shown that reed warblers, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, are more likely
to reject a cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, egg if they have seen a cuckoo at their nest. This …

A rise in nest predation enhances the frequency of intraspecific brood parasitism in a moorhen population

SB McRae - Journal of Animal Ecology, 1997‏ - JSTOR
1. A population of moorhens (Gallinula chloropus, Linnaeus) at Peakirk, Cambridgeshire,
UK, was studied during three breeding seasons between 1991 and 1993. In the first 2 years …

Why Do Birds Lay Eggs in Conspecifics' Nests?

BE Lyon, JM Eadie - … Brood Parasitism: Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution and …, 2017‏ - Springer
Conspecific brood parasitism (CBP) resembles interspecific brood parasitism, except that
parasitic females lay eggs in the nests of conspecifics. CBP is a female alternative …