Parasitic Birds and Their Hosts Studies in Coevolution

by Rothstein, Stephen I.; Robinson, Scott K.

• ISBN13: 9780195099768
• ISBN10: 0195099761
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-03
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is the first to present a comprehensive overview of parasitic birds and their hosts. Although the phenomenon has attracted the interest of naturalists and evolutionists since Darwin, only recently have researchers applied modern evolutionary theory and experimental methods to study the various adaptations related to brood parasitism. The work in this field is accelerating rapidly, and this volume collects work from the individuals and research groups around the world who have been responsible for nearly every major study in the last ten years. The papers present valuable summaries along with substantial new research, and the volume concludes with a review of important unsolved questions. The book is an invaluable resource on this fascinating topic, covering the remarkable sequences of adaptations and counter-adaptations, along with the perhaps even more remarkable cases where adaptations seem to be lacking.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xi
Part I Overview and commentary	3	(56)
1 The evolution and ecology of avian brood parasitism: an overview	3	(56)
STEPHEN I. ROTHSTEIN
SCOTT K. ROBINSON
Introduction	3	(7)
Guide to the Parts of this book	10	(1)
Overview of Part II, Coevolution between cuckoos and their hosts	10	(6)
Overview of Part III, Coevolution between cowbirds and their hosts	16	(7)
Overview of Part IV, Models of host-parasite coevolution: equilibrium versus lag	23	(8)
Overview of Part V, Effects of parasitism on host population dynamics	31	(4)
Overview of Part VI, Consequences of parasitism for the mating systems and life histories of brood parasites	35	(3)
Overview of Part VII, Conspecific brood parasitism	38	(21)
Part II Coevolution between cuckoos and their hosts	59	(114)
2 Cuckoos versus hosts: experimental evidence for coevolution	59	(21)
NICHOLAS B. DAVIES
MICHAEL DE L. BROOKE
3 Host use and egg color of Japanese cuckoos	80	(14)
HIROYOSHI HIGUCHI
4 Coevolution between the common cuckoo and its major hosts in Japan: stable versus dynamic specialization on hosts	94	(19)
HIROSHI NAKAMURA
SATOSHI KUBOTA
REIKO SUZUKI
5 Duration of sympatry and coevolution between the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) and its primary host, the magpie (Pica pica)	113	(16)
MANUEL SOLER
JUAN J. SOLER
JUAN G. MARTINEZ
6 Coevolution of the great spotted cuckoo and its hosts	129	(14)
LUIS ARIAS-DE-REYNA
7 Behavior and ecology of the shining cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus	143	(9)
BRIAN J. GILL
8 Nestling eviction and vocal begging behaviors in the Australian glossy cuckoos Chrysococcyx basalis and C. lucidus	152	(21)
ROBERT B. PAYNE
LAURA L. PAYNE
Part III Coevolution between cowbirds and their hosts	173	(50)
9 Interactions of the parasitic screaming and shiny cowbirds (Molothrus rufoaxillaris and M. bonariensis) with a shared host, the bay-winged cowbird (M. badius)	173	(21)
ROSENDO M. FRAGA
10 Nest defense by potential hosts of the brown-headed cowbird: methodological approaches, benefits of defense, and coevolution	194	(18)
SPENCER G. SEALY
DIANE L. NEUDORF
KEITH A. HOBSON
SHARON A. GILL
11 Impact of brood parasitism: why do house wrens accept shiny cowbird eggs?	212	(11)
GUSTAVO H. KATTAN
Part IV Models of host-parasite coevolution: equilibrium versus lag	223	(50)
12 Evolutionary equilibria in avian brood parasitism: an alternative to the "arms race-evolutionary lag" concept	223	(13)
ARNON LOTEM
HIROSHI NAKAMURA
13 Coevolution between brood parasites and their hosts: an optimality theory approach	236	(19)
EVEN ROSKAFT
ARNE MOKSNES
14 Brood parasitism, recognition, and response: the options	255	(18)
IAN G. McLEAN
RICHARD F. MALONEY
Part V Effects of parasitism on host population dynamics	273	(66)
15 Consequences of brown-headed cowbird brood parasitism for host population dynamics	273	(23)
CHERYL L. TRINE
W. DOUGLAS ROBINSON
SCOTT K. ROBINSON
16 Spatial variation in parasitism of song sparrows by brown-headed cowbirds	296	(17)
JAMES N.M. SMITH
ISLA H. MYERS-SMITH
17 Potential impacts of cowbird range expansion in Florida	313	(26)
ALEXANDER CRUZ
WILLIAM POST
JAMES W. WILEY
CATHERINE P. ORTEGA
TAMMIE K. NAKAMURA
JOHN W. PRATHER
Part VI Consequences of parasitism for the mating systems and life histories of brood parasites	339	(18)
18 Variability in the mating systems of parasitic birds	339	(18)
PHOEBE BARNARD
Part VII Conspecific brood parasitism	357	(62)
19 Patterns of parasitic egg laying and typical nesting in redhead and canvasback ducks	357	(19)
MICHAEL D. SORENSON
20 Quality control and the important questions in avian conspecific brood parasitism	376	(20)
HARRY W. POWER
21 Density-dependent intraspecific nest parasitism and anti-parasite behavior in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica	396	(11)
ANDERS P. MOLLER
22 Egg discrimination and egg-color variability in the northern masked weaver: the importance of conspecific versus interspecific parasitism	407	(12)
WENDY M. JACKSON
Part VIII Major unresolved questions	419	(8)
23 Major unanswered questions in the study of avian brood parasitism	419	(8)
STEPHEN I. ROTHSTEIN
SCOTT K. ROBINSON
Index	427