Nest Defense as Parental Care in the Northern Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

Ornithology - Tập 118 Số 4 - Trang 1047-1052 - 2001
Fabrizio Sergio1, Giuseppe Bogliani2, K. Bildstein1
1Raptor Conservation Research Unit, Trento Museum of Natural History, via Calepina 14, 38100 Trento, Italy;
2Dipartimento di Biologia Animale,University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy

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AbstractIntensity of nest defense against a human intruder was recorded for 42 male and 43 female Northern Hobbies (Falco subbuteo) from 1992 to 1994. Defense did not vary between repeatedly and rarely visited nests. Except during incubation, intensity of nest defense by females was higher than that by males. For both sexes, defense intensity increased from incubation to fledging, within the nestling stage, and from fledging to the first 10 days of the postfledging period. Intensity of nest defense was positively correlated with brood size in females, but not in males. Experiments with dummy nests showed that defense was effective in deterring nest predation, and that its effect was positively related to its intensity. Hobby nest defense was an individually varying “plastic” trait, probably tuned to the reproductive value of the offspring. Parents apparently trade off the costs and risks of the behavior against the increasing likelihood of offspring survival.

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Ornithology

Tập 118 Số 4

1047-1052

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