Interspecific brood parasitism by the Common Eider Somateria mollissima at Er Valant Island, Brittany, France

International audience Interspecific brood parasitism (IBP) involves individuals of one species leaving the incubation and rearing of their brood to another species, while conspecific brood parasitism (CBP) involves a female laying its eggs in the nest of another of the same species (Robert & So...

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Main Authors: Le Neve, Arnaud, Delord, Karine, Barbraud, Christophe, Barbraud, Jean-Claude, Fortin, M.
Other Authors: Groupe Ornithologique Breton, Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 4 impasse du Vignaud, La Nougerée, Bretagne Vivante - SEPNB, Réserve Naturelle Nationale des Marais de Séné, Réserves Naturelles de France-Réserves Naturelles de France
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2011
Subjects:
archeo
envir
Eadie
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00668179
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Summary:International audience Interspecific brood parasitism (IBP) involves individuals of one species leaving the incubation and rearing of their brood to another species, while conspecific brood parasitism (CBP) involves a female laying its eggs in the nest of another of the same species (Robert & Sorci 2001; Lyon & Eadie 2008). CBP is a common reproductive tactic in Anatidae, found in 46% of species including the Common Eider Somateria mollissima (Yom-Tov 2001), while IBP is infrequent in precocial species such as Anatidae (Robertson 1998).

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