Provisioning behaviour at the nest in single-parent versus biparental nests and male versus female parents in the common redstart (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Phoenicurus phoenicurus</Emphasis>) |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Ji?í?PorkertEmail author Marek??pinka |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic;(2) Gocárova 542, Hradec Králové, 500 02, Czech Republic;(3) Ethology Group, Research Institute of Animal Production, Prague-Uhrineves, Czech Republic |
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Abstract: | We analysed video-sequences of undisturbed parental provisioning behaviour on 12 nests of common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus). In 4 of the 12 nests, chicks were fed by a single parent only. We compared provisioning rate of chicks, time spent on the nest and food allocation rules between nests with uniparental and biparental care and between male and female parents in biparental nests. In nests with a single parent, the frequency of feeding visits per parent was higher than in biparental nests. As a result, the rate of food provisioning of chicks was similar in uniparental and biparental nests. The food allocation rules did not differ between uniparental and biparental nests. In biparental nests, male and female provisioning behaviour was similar though with two exceptions: males had a strong preference for feeding chicks in front positions in the nest and females spent a longer time on the nest after feeding. We conclude that single common redstart parents are able to compensate fully for the absence of the other parent through increased provisioning efforts, and that in biparental nests, males and females contribute equally to the provisioning of the young. |
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Keywords: | Altricial birds Parental care Feeding Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
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