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Avian Brood Parasitism

Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution and Coevolution

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Editors:
  1. Manuel Soler

    1. Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

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  • Provides new insights into the ecology and behaviour of brood parasites
  • Covers the major areas of brood parasitism in 30 chapters written by an authority or authorities in the field
  • Discusses the coevolutionary arms race between brood parasites and their hosts
  • An invaluable resource for researchers in brood parasitism as well as a comprehensive reference for ornithologists, ecologists, ethologists, and researchers in general interested in the evolution of ecology, behaviour, and coevolution of brood parasites and their hosts

Part of the book series: Fascinating Life Sciences (FLS)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Brood Parasitism in Birds: A Coevolutionary Point of View

    • Manuel Soler
    Pages 1-19

  3. Coevolution and Diversification of Interspecific Brood Parasites

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Factors Affecting the Rates of Coevolution Between Obligate Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts

      • Virginia E. Abernathy, Naomi E. Langmore
      Pages 23-41

    3. Evolution of Avian Brood Parasitism and Phylogenetic History of Brood Parasites

      • Oliver Krüger, Martina Pauli
      Pages 43-59

    4. A Taxonomic Review of Obligate and Facultative Interspecific Avian Brood Parasitism

      • Clive F. Mann
      Pages 61-92

  5. Brood Parasites as Study Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Interspecific Avian Brood Parasitism as a Model System for Exploring Ecological and Evolutionary Questions Related to Habitat Selection

      • Juan J. Soler
      Pages 145-160

    3. The Brown-Headed Cowbird: A Model Species for Testing Novel Research Questions in Animal Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

      • Brian D. Peer, James W. Rivers, Loren Merrill, Scott K. Robinson, Stephen I. Rothstein
      Pages 161-187

    4. Cuckoos as Indicators of Biodiversity

      • Anders Pape Møller, Federico Morelli, Piotr Tryjanowski
      Pages 189-201

    5. Hippocampus and Spatial Memory in Brood Parasitic Cowbirds

      • Mélanie F. Guigueno, David F. Sherry
      Pages 203-218

    6. Brood Parasitism and Cooperative Breeding: Seeking an Evolutionary Link

      • Vittorio Baglione, Daniela Canestrari
      Pages 219-231

  6. Host Use by Brood Parasites

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233
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    2. Host Resource Partitioning Among Sympatric Molothrine Generalist Brood Parasites

      • Jameson F. Chace, Alexander Cruz
      Pages 235-250

    3. High Diversity of Brood Parasites in China and Coevolution Between Cuckoos and Their Hosts

      • Wei Liang, Canchao Yang, Anders Pape Møller
      Pages 251-267

  7. Coevolutionary Interactions at Any Stage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
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About this book

Brood parasitism has become one of the most flourishing areas of research in evolutionary ecology and one of the best model systems for investigating coevolution. This subject has undergone remarkable advances during the last two decades, but has not been covered by any book in the 21st century.

This book offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the fascinating field of avian brood parasitism. The topics covered include conspecific brood parasitism; evolution and phylogenetic history of avian brood parasites; parasitic behaviour used by brood parasites; adaptations and counter-adaptations of brood parasites and their hosts at every stage of the breeding cycle (before laying, egg, chick and fledgling stages); factors affecting the evolution of host defences and parasitic attacks; the role of phenotypic plasticity in host defences; mechanisms driving egg recognition and rejection; evolution of nest sharing or nest killing by brood parasite chicks; begging behaviour in parasitized nests and food delivery by host adults; and recognition of conspecifics by juvenile brood parasites. This volume provides a comprehensive reference resource for readers and researchers with an interest in birds, behaviour and evolution, as well as a source of hypotheses and predictions for future investigations into this dynamic subject.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain

    Manuel Soler

About the editor

​Manuel Soler has been a Full Professor at the University of Granada in Spain since January 2001. He received his PhD in Spain in 1984, and since then his research has focused mainly on behavioural ecology in general and brood parasitism in particular. He is the author of more than 250 publications, including original articles in leading journals, such as Nature, Trends Ecol. Evol., Biol. Rev., Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B; reviews; book chapters; and books on evolution, behaviour and ornithology. His most significant contributions are in the fields of brood parasitism and behavioural ecology. He has been nominated President of several scientific societies, including the Spanish Ethology and Evolutionary Ecology Society; the Spanish Evolutionary Biology Society and the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Ornithology Society.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Avian Brood Parasitism

  • Book Subtitle: Behaviour, Ecology, Evolution and Coevolution

  • Editors: Manuel Soler

  • Series Title: Fascinating Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73138-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73137-7Published: 18 May 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10321-7Published: 09 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73138-4Published: 02 May 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2509-6745

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-6753

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 574

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Animal Ecology, Vertebrates

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