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Brood parasitism imposes several fitness costs on the host species. To reduce these costs, hosts of avian brood parasites have evolved various defenses, of which egg rejection is the most prevalent. In the face of variable host-parasite mimicry and the costs of egg discrimination itself, many hosts reject only some foreign eggs. Here, we experimentally varied the recognition cues to study the underlying cognitive mechanisms used by the Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus) to reject the white immaculate eggs laid by the parasitic Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis). Immaculate eggs are the only parasite eggs rejected by this host, as it accepts all polymorphic, spotted eggs laid by cowbirds. Using a within-breeding pair experimental design, we tested for the salience of spotting, UV reflectance, and brightness in eliciting rejection. We found that the presence of spotting significantly decreased the probability of rejection while increments in brightness significantly increased rejection frequencies. The cognitive rules underlying mockingbird rejection behavior can be explained by a decision-making model which predicts changes in the levels of rejection in direct relation to the number of relevant attributes shared between host and parasite eggs. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite
Autor:de la Colina, M.A.; Pompilio, L.; Hauber, M.E.; Reboreda, J.C.; Mahler, B.
Filiación:Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pabellón II Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Psychology, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10065, United States
Palabras clave:Antiparasite defenses; Chalk-browed Mockingbird; Egg rejection; Eggshell spotting; Shiny Cowbird; animal; article; association; female; host parasite interaction; nesting; oocyte; parasitology; pattern recognition; recognition; songbird; Animals; Cues; Female; Host-Parasite Interactions; Nesting Behavior; Ovum; Passeriformes; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Recognition (Psychology); Aves; Mimus saturninus; Molothrus; Molothrus bonariensis
Año:2012
Volumen:15
Número:5
Página de inicio:881
Página de fin:889
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0515-9
Título revista:Animal Cognition
Título revista abreviado:Anim. Cogn.
ISSN:14359448
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14359448_v15_n5_p881_delaColina

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de la Colina, M.A., Pompilio, L., Hauber, M.E., Reboreda, J.C. & Mahler, B. (2012) . Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite. Animal Cognition, 15(5), 881-889.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0515-9
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de la Colina, M.A., Pompilio, L., Hauber, M.E., Reboreda, J.C., Mahler, B. "Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite" . Animal Cognition 15, no. 5 (2012) : 881-889.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0515-9
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de la Colina, M.A., Pompilio, L., Hauber, M.E., Reboreda, J.C., Mahler, B. "Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite" . Animal Cognition, vol. 15, no. 5, 2012, pp. 881-889.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0515-9
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de la Colina, M.A., Pompilio, L., Hauber, M.E., Reboreda, J.C., Mahler, B. Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite. Anim. Cogn. 2012;15(5):881-889.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-012-0515-9