Brood parasitism: Langmore et al 2012

Question 1

paper:

Answer 1

learned recognition of brood parasitic cuckoos in the superb fairy wren

Question 2

cuckoos hosts defend themselves by

Answer 2

mobbings, egg rejection and chick rejection

Question 3

method:

Answer 3

compare mobbing by fairy wrens in response to freeze-dried specimens of a shining bronze cuckoo and a honeyeater control
-at 2 heavily parasitesed and 2 not so sites

Question 4

mimicry of hawks or predatory birds by some species of cuckoo lead to

Answer 4

mistaken identity, leading to hosts mobbing dangerous birds

Question 5

reed warblers and mobbing

Answer 5

can be induced to mob if they’ve seen neighbours doing it, also increase aggression from 1st to 2nd encounter (capek et al 2010)

Question 6

host show more aggression to sympatric/allopatric cuckoos

Answer 6

sympatric

Question 7

younger hosts respond more / less

Answer 7

less

Question 8

fairy wrens __ cuckoos chicks

Answer 8

reject

Question 9

fairy wrens response to sympatric cuckoos

Answer 9

called at higher rate, produced whining cals and got closer when cuckoos were regularly present

Question 10

whining calls constant

Answer 10

no at the beginning then turned to alarm calls(to attract others/?)

Question 11

who approached?

Answer 11

30 F, 18M, 13 mixed (trials)

-mixed more common in cuckoo sites and helpers approach din cuckoo sites

Question 12

experience/juveni more likely to produce whining calls

Answer 12

experienced

Question 13

learned then ?

Answer 13

YES

Question 14

gene flow through all sites ?

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

who else does whining calls?

Answer 15

yellow warbler