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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. © 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg and ISPA.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage
Autor:Fernández, G.J.; Corral, M.G.; Llambías, P.E.
Filiación:Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución-IEGEBA CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina
Ecología del Comportamiento Animal, IADIZA, CCT-Mendoza, Mendoza, 5500, Argentina
Palabras clave:Brood value; Harm-to-offspring; Life-history traits; Predation risk; Troglodytes
Año:2013
Volumen:18
Número:1
Página de inicio:11
Página de fin:18
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-013-0177-x
Título revista:Acta Ethologica
Título revista abreviado:Acta Ethol.
ISSN:08739749
CODEN:AECTD
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_08739749_v18_n1_p11_Fernandez

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Fernández, G.J., Corral, M.G. & Llambías, P.E. (2013) . Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage. Acta Ethologica, 18(1), 11-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-013-0177-x
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Fernández, G.J., Corral, M.G., Llambías, P.E. "Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage" . Acta Ethologica 18, no. 1 (2013) : 11-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-013-0177-x
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Fernández, G.J., Corral, M.G., Llambías, P.E. "Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage" . Acta Ethologica, vol. 18, no. 1, 2013, pp. 11-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-013-0177-x
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Fernández, G.J., Corral, M.G., Llambías, P.E. Sexual differences in risk-taking behaviour of the Southern house wren during the nestling rearing stage. Acta Ethol. 2013;18(1):11-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-013-0177-x