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Igic, B.; Nunez, V.; Voss, H.U.; Croston, R.; Aidala, Z.; López, A.V.; Van Tatenhove, A.; Holford, M.E.; Shawkey, M.D.; Hauber, M.E. "Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds" (2015) PeerJ. 2015(5)
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Abstract:

The coevolutionary relationships between brood parasites and their hosts are often studied by examining the egg rejection behaviour of host species using artificial eggs. However, the traditional methods for producing artificial eggs out of plasticine, plastic, wood, or plaster-of-Paris are laborious, imprecise, and prone to human error. As an alternative, 3D printing may reduce human error, enable more precise manipulation of egg size and shape, and provide a more accurate and replicable protocol for generating artificial stimuli than traditional methods. However, the usefulness of 3D printing technology for egg rejection research remains to be tested. Here, we applied 3D printing technology to the extensively studied egg rejection behaviour of American robins, Turdus migratorius. Eggs of the robin's brood parasites, brownheaded cowbirds, Molothrus ater, vary greatly in size and shape, but it is unknown whether host egg rejection decisions differ across this gradient of natural variation. We printed artificial eggs that encompass the natural range of shapes and sizes of cowbird eggs, painted themto resemble either robin or cowbird egg colour, and used them to artificially parasitize nests of breeding wild robins. In line with previous studies, we show that robins accept mimetically coloured and reject non-mimetically coloured artificial eggs. Although we found no evidence that subtle differences in parasitic egg size or shape affect robins' rejection decisions, 3D printing will provide an opportunity for more extensive experimentation on the potential biological or evolutionary significance of size and shape variation of foreign eggs in rejection decisions.We provide a detailed protocol for generating 3D printed eggs using either personal 3D printers or commercial printing services, and highlight additional potential future applications for this technology in the study of egg rejection. © 2015 Igic et al.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds
Autor:Igic, B.; Nunez, V.; Voss, H.U.; Croston, R.; Aidala, Z.; López, A.V.; Van Tatenhove, A.; Holford, M.E.; Shawkey, M.D.; Hauber, M.E.
Filiación:Department of Biology, University of Akron, Akron, OH, United States
Department of Psychology, Hunter College, The Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkNY, United States
Citigroup Biomedical Imaging Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United States
Department of Biology, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV, United States
Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ, United States
Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, The American Museum of Natural HistoryNY, United States
Department of Biology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New YorkNY, United States
Palabras clave:3D printing; American robin; Artificial egg; Brood parasitism; Cowbird; Egg rejection; Experimental techniques; Molothrus ater; Turdus migratorius; American robin; Article; artificial egg; behavioral science; bird; breeding; decision making; egg; egg colour; egg rejection behaviour; egg shell; female; Molothrus ater; nonhuman; parasitism; photography; stimulus response; three dimensional printing; Aves; Molothrus; Molothrus ater; Turdus migratorius
Año:2015
Volumen:2015
Número:5
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.965
Título revista:PeerJ
Título revista abreviado:PeerJ
ISSN:21678359
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21678359_v2015_n5_p_Igic

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Citas:

---------- APA ----------
Igic, B., Nunez, V., Voss, H.U., Croston, R., Aidala, Z., López, A.V., Van Tatenhove, A.,..., Hauber, M.E. (2015) . Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds. PeerJ, 2015(5).
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.965
---------- CHICAGO ----------
Igic, B., Nunez, V., Voss, H.U., Croston, R., Aidala, Z., López, A.V., et al. "Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds" . PeerJ 2015, no. 5 (2015).
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.965
---------- MLA ----------
Igic, B., Nunez, V., Voss, H.U., Croston, R., Aidala, Z., López, A.V., et al. "Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds" . PeerJ, vol. 2015, no. 5, 2015.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.965
---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Igic, B., Nunez, V., Voss, H.U., Croston, R., Aidala, Z., López, A.V., et al. Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds. PeerJ. 2015;2015(5).
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.965