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DOI | 10.1007/s10211-013-0177-x |
Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage | |
Fernandez, Gustavo J.1; Gabriela Corral, M.1; Llambias, Paulo E.2 | |
通讯作者 | Fernandez, Gustavo J. |
来源期刊 | ACTA ETHOLOGICA
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ISSN | 0873-9749 |
EISSN | 1437-9546 |
出版年 | 2015 |
卷号 | 18期号:1页码:11-18 |
英文摘要 | When faced with a predator near the nest, breeding birds faced a dilemma: to continue providing parental care to their offspring exposing themselves to risk or to desert the nest for a brief period of time, exposing their offspring to harm due to the suspension of parental brooding and feeding. In this study, we analysed the response of nesting Southern house wrens (Troglodytes aedon musculus) to a predator model placed near the nest. The experiment was performed in 56 nests when nestling were 3-4 or 10-12 days old. The model (a plastic decoy of the Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus) was placed at 3 m from the nest. Parent risk-taking was measured as the time elapsed for males and females to resume parental activities during the exposition to the model. We found that males and females delayed parental visits when exposed to the predator model, but females resumed them faster than males, irrespectively of the nesting stage. We also found that males refused to enter to the nest more frequently than females when exposed to the predator model. No effect of breeding experience or nesting stages was noted in the risk taking behaviour of adults. We suggest that sexual differences detected in this species reflect the higher ability of females to cope with the nestling needs and its lower lifetime expectancy. |
英文关键词 | Brood value Harm-to-offspring Life-history traits Predation risk Troglodytes |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Argentina |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000351143000002 |
WOS关键词 | TIT PARUS-MONTANUS ; PARENTAL INVESTMENT ; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS ; PIED FLYCATCHERS ; BROOD SIZE ; COLLARED FLYCATCHER ; DEFENSE INTENSITY ; TROGLODYTES-AEDON ; CONCORDE FALLACY ; TREE SWALLOWS |
WOS类目 | Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology |
WOS研究方向 | Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/185403 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Buenos Aires, Fac Ciencias Exactas & Nat, CONICET, Dept Ecol Genet & Evoluc,IEGEBA, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina; 2.CCT Mendoza, IADIZA, Ecol Comportamiento Anim, RA-5500 Mendoza, Argentina |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Fernandez, Gustavo J.,Gabriela Corral, M.,Llambias, Paulo E.. Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage[J],2015,18(1):11-18. |
APA | Fernandez, Gustavo J.,Gabriela Corral, M.,&Llambias, Paulo E..(2015).Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage.ACTA ETHOLOGICA,18(1),11-18. |
MLA | Fernandez, Gustavo J.,et al."Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage".ACTA ETHOLOGICA 18.1(2015):11-18. |
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