scholarly journals Brood development and nest parasitism of Xylocopa ( Neoxylocopa ) augusti Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae), a promising crop pollinator in Argentina

2020 ◽  
Vol 144 (10) ◽  
pp. 952-960
Author(s):  
Mariano Lucia ◽  
Pablo José Ramello ◽  
Victor Hugo Gonzalez
Keyword(s):  
Nest Parasitism ◽  
Brood Development

Indirect evidence of conspecific nest parasitism in the colonial whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

2008 ◽  
Vol 331 (7) ◽  
pp. 559-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Marc Paillisson ◽  
Franck Latraube ◽  
Loïc Marion ◽  
Vincent Bretagnolle
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Nest Parasitism ◽  
Whiskered Tern ◽  
Chlidonias Hybrida

Nest Parasitism

2008 ◽  
pp. 2596-2596
Author(s):  
John L. Capinera ◽  
Marjorie A. Hoy ◽  
Paul W. Paré ◽  
Mohamed A. Farag ◽  
John T. Trumble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nest Parasitism

Landscape and regional context differentially affect nest parasitism and nest predation for Wood Thrush in central Virginia, USA

The Condor ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Etterson ◽  
Russell Greenberg ◽  
Tom Hollenhorst
Keyword(s):  
Nest Predation ◽  
Wood Thrush ◽  
Nest Parasitism ◽  
Regional Context

Facultative nest-parasitism among Iberian shrubsteppe passerines

Bird Study ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Yanes ◽  
J. Herranz ◽  
F. Suarez
Keyword(s):  
Nest Parasitism

Additive negative effects of Philornis nest parasitism on small and declining Neotropical bird populations

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (03) ◽  
pp. 339-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIANA BULGARELLA ◽  
MARTÍN A. QUIROGA ◽  
GEORGE E. HEIMPEL
Keyword(s):  
Bird Species ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
Biological Information ◽  
Mortality Factor ◽  
Healthy Population ◽  
Small Populations ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Nest Parasitism ◽  
Bird Populations

SummaryThe declining-population paradigm holds that small populations are particularly vulnerable to anthropogenic influences such as habitat destruction, pollution and species introductions. While the effects of particular stressors, such as parasitism, may be unimportant in a large, healthy population, they can be serious and even devastating in situations characterised by a restricted geographic range, or by fragmented or reduced population sizes. We apply this idea to nest parasitism of threatened Neotropical bird species that exist in small populations, focusing on dipteran nest parasites in the genusPhilornis. We review the literature onPhilornisparasitism exerting negative pressure on bird populations that have become small and isolated due to human actions and present a new case ofPhilornisparasitism of a threatened hummingbird species. Our aim is to raise awareness about the exacerbating effect that nest parasites can have on small and declining bird populations; especially when biological information is scarce. The five reviewed cases involve two species of Darwin’s Finches in the Galápagos Islands attacked by the invasiveP. downsi, two species of hawks on islands in the Caribbean attacked by the nativeP. piciandP. obscura, and the Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristatain southern South America attacked by an unknownPhilornisspecies. We also present new documentation of parasitism of a threatened hummingbird species in mainland Ecuador by an unidentifiedPhilornisspecies. We recommend more field studies to determine the presence of nest parasites in bird populations worldwide to improve understanding how nest parasites affect bird fitness and population viability and to allow time to act in advance if needed. Parasitism byPhilornismay represent a severe mortality factor in most already threatened bird species, putting them at greater risk of extinction. Therefore, parasitism management should be included in all threatened species recovery plans.

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