Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese
Prior to use of genetic techniques, extra-pair copulations and intraspecific brood parasitism were rarely observed in long-term monogamous geese. DNA fingerprinting analysis of nine families of Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) revealed one case of intraspecific nest parasitism with the offspring fa...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/744b00e2-cae9-443a-be54-f59f9f0eb245 2024-02-04T09:59:21+01:00 Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese Choudhury, Sharmila Jones, Catherine S. Black, Jeffrey M. Prop, Jouke 1993-11 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/744b00e2-cae9-443a-be54-f59f9f0eb245 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/744b00e2-cae9-443a-be54-f59f9f0eb245 https://doi.org/10.2307/1369423 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/66804280/1369423.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/744b00e2-cae9-443a-be54-f59f9f0eb245 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Choudhury , S , Jones , C S , Black , J M & Prop , J 1993 , ' Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese ' , Condor , vol. 95 , no. 4 , pp. 860-868 . https://doi.org/10.2307/1369423 BRANTA LEUCOPIS GEESE ADOPTION BROOD PARASITISM EXTRA-PAIR COPULATIONS DNA FINGERPRINTING LESSER SNOW GEESE BAR-HEADED GEESE EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY DNA FINGERPRINTS BROOD SIZE CANADA GEESE PARENTAL INVESTMENT AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR NUTRIENT RESERVES ANSER-INDICUS article 1993 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.2307/1369423 2024-01-10T23:51:32Z Prior to use of genetic techniques, extra-pair copulations and intraspecific brood parasitism were rarely observed in long-term monogamous geese. DNA fingerprinting analysis of nine families of Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) revealed one case of intraspecific nest parasitism with the offspring fathered by the attendant male, and one adoption of a foreign gosling. Observations showed that adoptions accounted for 5.8% and 24.6% of goslings hatched, or 13.3% and 24% of families in two successive years. Adoption appears to be common shortly after the young have hatched and has been assumed to result from accidental brood mixing when parent-offspring recognition is not yet fully developed. We found adoptions to occur in goslings as old as 4-12 weeks, when both parents and offspring are capable of recognizing each other, suggesting that accidental mixing alone cannot explain this phenomenon. Article in Journal/Newspaper Branta leucopsis University of Groningen research database Canada The Condor 95 4 860 868 |
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BRANTA LEUCOPIS GEESE ADOPTION BROOD PARASITISM EXTRA-PAIR COPULATIONS DNA FINGERPRINTING LESSER SNOW GEESE BAR-HEADED GEESE EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY DNA FINGERPRINTS BROOD SIZE CANADA GEESE PARENTAL INVESTMENT AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR NUTRIENT RESERVES ANSER-INDICUS |
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BRANTA LEUCOPIS GEESE ADOPTION BROOD PARASITISM EXTRA-PAIR COPULATIONS DNA FINGERPRINTING LESSER SNOW GEESE BAR-HEADED GEESE EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY DNA FINGERPRINTS BROOD SIZE CANADA GEESE PARENTAL INVESTMENT AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR NUTRIENT RESERVES ANSER-INDICUS Choudhury, Sharmila Jones, Catherine S. Black, Jeffrey M. Prop, Jouke Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese |
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BRANTA LEUCOPIS GEESE ADOPTION BROOD PARASITISM EXTRA-PAIR COPULATIONS DNA FINGERPRINTING LESSER SNOW GEESE BAR-HEADED GEESE EXTRA-PAIR PATERNITY DNA FINGERPRINTS BROOD SIZE CANADA GEESE PARENTAL INVESTMENT AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR NUTRIENT RESERVES ANSER-INDICUS |
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Prior to use of genetic techniques, extra-pair copulations and intraspecific brood parasitism were rarely observed in long-term monogamous geese. DNA fingerprinting analysis of nine families of Barnacle Geese (Branta leucopsis) revealed one case of intraspecific nest parasitism with the offspring fathered by the attendant male, and one adoption of a foreign gosling. Observations showed that adoptions accounted for 5.8% and 24.6% of goslings hatched, or 13.3% and 24% of families in two successive years. Adoption appears to be common shortly after the young have hatched and has been assumed to result from accidental brood mixing when parent-offspring recognition is not yet fully developed. We found adoptions to occur in goslings as old as 4-12 weeks, when both parents and offspring are capable of recognizing each other, suggesting that accidental mixing alone cannot explain this phenomenon. |
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Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese |
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Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese |
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Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese |
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Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese |
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Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese |
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adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in barnacle geese |
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Choudhury , S , Jones , C S , Black , J M & Prop , J 1993 , ' Adoption of young and intraspecific nest parasitism in Barnacle Geese ' , Condor , vol. 95 , no. 4 , pp. 860-868 . https://doi.org/10.2307/1369423 |
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