CAVITY ADOPTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF COLONIALITY IN CAVITY-NESTING BIRDS
Among cavity-nesting birds, a distinction can be made between excavators, which dig their own cavities, and cavity-adopters, which nest in pre-existing cavities. Historically, these two types of species have been grouped together as “cavity-nesters,” but it has become clear that the two nesting habi...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Condor (Los Angeles, Calif.) Calif.), 2002-05, Vol.104 (2), p.240-247 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Among cavity-nesting birds, a distinction can be made between excavators, which dig their own cavities, and cavity-adopters, which nest in pre-existing cavities. Historically, these two types of species have been grouped together as “cavity-nesters,” but it has become clear that the two nesting habits are associated with very different suites of life-history characters. This paper tests the hypothesis that cavity-adopters differ from excavators and other nest-building species in their propensity to evolve colonial breeding. Because of their dependence on pre-existing cavities, cavity-adopters presumably have less control than excavators over the location of their nests, and this could limit their ability to nest near conspecifics. A literature survey of the nesting behavior of 842 species in 17 bird families shows that coloniality almost never occurs in species that are obligate cavity-adopters. A phylogeny-based comparative analysis of nesting behavior in the Anseriformes indicates that in this group, colonial breeding has evolved less frequently in lineages of cavity-adopters than would be expected by chance. Together, this evidence supports the hypothesis that colonial breeding systems are unlikely to evolve in lineages of cavity-adopters. Evolución de la Colonialidad en Aves que Nidifican en Cavidades Resumen. Las aves que nidifican en cavidades pueden dividirse en dos grupos: las especies excavadoras, que construyen sus propias cavidades, y las no-excavadoras, que nidifican en cavidades pre-existentes. Históricamente, estos dos tipos de especies han sido agrupadas colectivamente como aves que anidan en cavidades, pero estudios recientes demuestran que los dos tipos de nidificación están asociados con diferentes caracteres de sus historias de vida. En este estudio se pone a prueba la hipótesis que especies no-excavadoras difieren de las excavadoras y de otras especies que construyen nidos en cuanto a su propensión a evolucionar hábitos de reproducción colonial. Debido a que dependen de cavidades pre-existentes, las especies no-excavadoras presumiblemente tienen menos control que las excavadoras sobre la ubicación de sus nidos, y esto podría limitar su habilidad para nidificar cerca de otros miembros de su especie. Una revisión bibliográfica sobre el comportamiento de nidificación de 842 especies pertenecientes a 17 familias demuestra que casi nunca se observa colonialidad en especies que obligatoriamente utilizan cavidades pre-existentes. Un análisis c |
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ISSN: | 0010-5422 1938-5129 2732-4621 |
DOI: | 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0240:CAATEO]2.0.CO;2 |