Rapid decline of host defences in response to reduced cuckoo parasitism: behavioural flexibility of reed warblers in a changing world

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Restricted accessMoreSectionsView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Cite this article Brooke M. de L., Davies N. B. and Noble D. G. 1998Rapid decline of host defences in response to reduced cuckoo parasitism: behavioural flexibility of reed warblers in a changing worldProc. R. Soc. Lond. B.2651277–1282http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1998.0430SectionRestricted accessRapid decline of host defences in response to reduced cuckoo parasitism: behavioural flexibility of reed warblers in a changing world M. de L. Brooke M. de L. Brooke Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK [email protected] Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , N. B. Davies N. B. Davies Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and D. G. Noble D. G. Noble Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author M. de L. Brooke M. de L. Brooke Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK [email protected] Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author , N. B. Davies N. B. Davies Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author and D. G. Noble D. G. Noble Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK Google Scholar Find this author on PubMed Search for more papers by this author Published:22 July 1998https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1998.0430AbstractOn Wicken Fen and nearby watercourses eastern England, parasitism by cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, declined from 26% and 16% of reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) nests in 1985 and 1986, respectively, to 2 to 6% of nests in 1995 to 1997, owing to a decline in cuckoos. Experiments with model eggs showed that over this 12–year period there was a marked decline in host rejection of non–mimetic eggs, from rejection at 75% of reed warbler nests in 1985 to 1986 to 25%, nests in 1997. Calculations suggest that this decline in host defences is too rapid to reflect only genetic change, and is more likely to be the outcome of adaptive phenotypic flexibility. Two other results show flexibility in host responses. First, there was a seasonal decline in rejection, which accompanied the seasonal decline in parasitism. Second, although rejection did not vary with proximity to a naturally parasitized nest within the 3.4km2 of Wicken Fen and its surrounds, there was no rejection at a small unparasitized population 11km away. Flexible host defences will be advantageous when there are costs of rejection as well as short–term temporal changes and small–scale geographical variation in parasitism rate. Other recent studies reporting changes in host defences may also reflect phenotypic flexibility rather than evolutionary change. Previous ArticleNext Article VIEW FULL TEXT DOWNLOAD PDF FiguresRelatedReferencesDetailsCited by Ma L, Liu J, Yang C and Liang W (2021) Egg mimicry and host selection by common cuckoos among four sympatric host species breeding within a reed habitat, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 10.1093/biolinnean/blab151, 135:2, (407-415), Online publication date: 11-Jan-2022. 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