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dc.contributor.authorStokke, Bård Gunnar
dc.contributor.authorRatikainen, Irja Ida
dc.contributor.authorMoksnes, Arne
dc.contributor.authorRøskaft, Eivin
dc.contributor.authorSchulze-Hagen, Karl
dc.contributor.authorLeech, David I.
dc.contributor.authorMøller, Anders pape
dc.contributor.authorFossøy, Frode
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-20T06:17:09Z
dc.date.available2018-04-20T06:17:09Z
dc.date.created2018-04-19T13:24:49Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationScientific Reports. 2018, 8 1-10.nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2495170
dc.description.abstractHost quality is critical for parasites. The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is a generalist avian brood parasite, but individual females show strong preference for a specific host species. Here, we use three extensive datasets to investigate different host characteristics determining cuckoo host selection at the species level: (i) 1871 population-specific parasitism rates collected across Europe; (ii) 14 K cases of parasitism in the United Kingdom; and (iii) 16 K cases of parasitism in Germany, with data collected during the period 1735–2013. We find highly consistent effects of the different host species traits across our three datasets: the cuckoo prefers passerine host species of intermediate size that breed in grass- or shrubland and that feed their nestlings with insects, and avoids species that nest in cavities. Based on these results, we construct a novel host suitability index for all passerine species breeding in Europe, and show that host species known to have a corresponding cuckoo host race (gens) rank among the most suitable hosts in Europe. The distribution of our suitability index shows that host species cannot be classified as suitable or not but rather range within a continuum of suitability.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherNature Publishing Groupnb_NO
dc.relation.urihttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-24627-1.pdf
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleCharacteristics determining host suitability for a generalist parasitenb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber1-10nb_NO
dc.source.volume8nb_NO
dc.source.journalScientific Reportsnb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-018-24627-1
dc.identifier.cristin1580370
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 218144nb_NO
dc.description.localcode© The Author(s) 2018. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)nb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,66,10,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for biologi
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