Título:	Sex-specific effects of predation risk on parental care in a sexually dichromatic Neotropical songbird
Autor(es):	Moraes, Pedro Z. de Diniz, Pedro Macedo, Regina Helena Ferraz
ORCID:	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3033-1209
Assunto:	Animais - comportamento Tiziu Seleção natural Ninho - predação Papel sexual
Data de publicação:	2020
Editora:	Wiley
Referência:	MORAES, Pedro Z. de; DINIZ, Pedro; MACEDO, Regina H. Sex-specific effects of predation risk on parental care in a sexually dichromatic Neotropical songbird. Journal of Avian Biology, e02483, p. 1–12, 2020. DOI: 10.1111/jav.02483. Disponível em: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.02483. Acesso em: 12 fev. 2022.
Abstract:	Predation risk affects a broad range of bird behaviours, especially parental care. The adaptive behavioural changes presented by both parents, however, may differ according to different levels of predation risk suffered by each sex. This is especially prominent in sexually dichromatic species, where one of the sexes is more visually conspicuous and hence vulnerable to increased nest predation risk during nest visits. Here, we experimentally investigated how predation risk affects the parental behaviour of a sexually dichromatic Neotropical passerine, the blue-black grassquit Volatinia jacarina. We used playbacks of known predators and non-predatorial control sympatric species near nesting pairs in the field. Results show that grassquits modify their behaviour according to predation risk and that this behavioural response is sex-dependent. Males decrease their nest visit times, become more discreet when moving towards the nest, and stop performing sexual displays after leaving the nest. In contrast, females tend to decrease latency to visit the nest and increase the duration of brooding bouts. These different sex responses reduce nest visual and acoustic detectability, since conspicuous males are readily spotted on nests and cryptic females camouflage nestlings and suppress begging calls. Although these behavioural changes might reduce predation risk, there might be a cost of reduced food load to nestlings and increased brood starvation risk. These changes in nesting activities illustrate the behavioural adaptability of passerines to ensure offspring survival in tropical high predation risk environments.
Licença:	© 2020 Nordic Society Oikos. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02483
Versão da editora:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jav.02483
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