Husbandry of wild-caught song sparrows (Melospiza melodia )

Zoo Biology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Smith ◽  
Sara Hallager ◽  
Erin Kendrick ◽  
Katharine Hope ◽  
Raymond M. Danner
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Resolving the conundrum of inbreeding depression but no inbreeding avoidance: Estimating sex-specific selection on inbreeding by song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

Evolution ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 2846-2861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Greta Bocedi ◽  
A. Bradley Duthie ◽  
Matthew E. Wolak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inbreeding Depression ◽  
Inbreeding Avoidance ◽  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Fitness Correlates of Song Repertoire Size in Free‐Living Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

2005 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Alice L. E. V. Cassidy ◽  
Sara M. Hiebert ◽  
James N. M. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows

scholarly journals Long-term maternal effect on offspring immune response in song sparrows Melospiza melodia

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M Reid ◽  
Peter Arcese ◽  
Lukas F Keller ◽  
Dennis Hasselquist
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Time Scales ◽  
Parasitic Infection ◽  
Antibody Responses ◽  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Humoral Immune ◽  
Song Sparrows

Knowledge of the causes of variation in host immunity to parasitic infection and the time-scales over which variation persists, is integral to predicting the evolutionary and epidemiological consequences of host–parasite interactions. It is clear that offspring immunity can be influenced by parental immune experience, for example, reflecting transfer of antibodies from mothers to young offspring. However, it is less clear whether such parental effects persist or have functional consequences over longer time-scales, linking a parent's previous immune experience to future immune responsiveness in fully grown offspring. We used free-living song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia ) to quantify long-term effects of parental immune experience on offspring immune response. We experimentally vaccinated parents with a novel antigen and tested whether parental vaccination influenced the humoral antibody response mounted by fully grown offspring hatched the following year. Parental vaccination did not influence offspring baseline antibody titres. However, offspring of vaccinated mothers mounted substantially stronger antibody responses than offspring of unvaccinated mothers. Antibody responses did not differ between offspring of vaccinated and unvaccinated fathers. These data demonstrate substantial long-term effects of maternal immune experience on the humoral immune response of fully grown offspring in free-living birds.

scholarly journals Song sparrows Melospiza melodia have a home-field advantage in defending against sympatric malarial parasites

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
pp. 160216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanina Sarquis-Adamson ◽  
Elizabeth A. MacDougall-Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Breeding Sites ◽  
Song Sparrows ◽  
Capture Site ◽  
Fitness Consequences ◽  
Home Field Advantage ◽  
Fitness Consequence ◽  
Host Parasite

Hosts and parasites interact on both evolutionary and ecological timescales. The outcome of these interactions, specifically whether hosts are more resistant to their local parasites (sympatric) than to parasites from another location (allopatric), is likely to affect the spread of infectious disease and the fitness consequences of host dispersal. We conducted a cross-infection experiment to determine whether song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia ) have an advantage in dealing with sympatric parasites. We captured birds from two breeding sites 437 km apart, and inoculated them with avian malaria ( Plasmodium spp.) cultured either from their capture site or from the other site. Infection risk was lower for birds exposed to sympatric than to allopatric Plasmodium lineages, suggesting that song sparrows may have a home-field advantage in defending against local parasite strains. This pattern was more pronounced at one capture site than at the other, consistent with mosaic models of host–parasite interactions. Home-field advantage may arise from evolutionary processes, whereby host populations become adapted to their local parasites, and/or from ecological interactions, whereby host individuals develop resistance to the local parasites through previous immune exposure. Our findings suggest that greater susceptibility to novel parasites may represent a fitness consequence of natal dispersal.

scholarly journals Subspecific Differentiation and Conservation of Song Sparrows (Melospiza Melodia) in the San Francisco Bay Region Inferred by Microsatellite Loci Analysis

The Auk ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Chan ◽  
Peter Arcese
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Microsatellite Loci ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Genetic Population ◽  
Pair Group ◽  
Song Sparrows ◽  
Chord Distance ◽  
Subspecies Level

Abstract We examined genetic population structure of five putative subspecies of Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia) in the San Francisco Bay region (M. m. samuelis, M. m. maxillaris, M. m. pusillula, M. m. gouldii, and M. m. heermanni) at nine microsatellite loci to assist the development of Song Sparrow conservation and management strategies. We sampled nine populations from five putative subspecies and found low estimates of differentiation between populations within subspecies and between. Despite low estimates of divergence, genetic structure at the subspecies level was indicated by the larger amount of variance accounted for by subspecies than populations. We propose that a management unit encompassing the range of M. m. pusillula be given priority for conservation on the basis of the extent of genetic divergence shown by Cavalli-Sforza and Edward's chord distance, and the topology of an unweighted pair group cluster analysis supported by 100% of bootstrap replicates across loci. Although M. m. samuelis and M. m. maxillaris appear undifferentiated from M. m. heermanni, it remains possible that adaptive differences between those types were not identified with neutral loci.

Songs of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia): individual variation and dialects

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret A. Harris ◽  
Robert E. Lemon
Keyword(s):  
Individual Variation ◽  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Populated Area ◽  
Male Song ◽  
Relative Occurrence ◽  
Song Sparrows

Male song sparrows from two areas in Quebec had repertoires of several song patterns, each one of which was generally made up of two repeated units, or syllables, plus unrepeated note complexes. Variability between individuals was large, but there was also some similarity: while most syllable types were sung by one individual only, some were shared with others in the population. The relative occurrence of the different syllable types was similar in two sites at Pare Cote Ste. Catherine but between Pare Cote Ste. Catherine and Mont St. Hilaire (separated by 23 mi) there was almost complete lack of similarity, which was taken as evidence that dialects existed. Birds from the less densely populated area at Mont St. Hilaire had slightly smaller repertoires of syllables and song patterns.

scholarly journals Song repertoire size varies with HVC volume and is indicative of male quality in song sparrows ( Melospiza melodia )

2007 ◽  
Vol 274 (1621) ◽  
pp. 2035-2040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy A Pfaff ◽  
Liana Zanette ◽  
Scott A MacDougall-Shackleton ◽  
Elizabeth A MacDougall-Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
Melospiza Melodia ◽  
Male Quality ◽  
Repertoire Size ◽  
Song Repertoire ◽  
Song Sparrows
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