Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits?
Recent studies have shown that the closely related cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) and green-backed tit (P. monticolus) in China display strong egg recognition ability in contrast to tit species in Europe, which lack such ability. However, egg recognition in other populations of cinereous and green-b...
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doaj-22f0383cdbbc4df192711ef0447dfd352020-11-25T04:10:44ZengScience Press, PR ChinaZoological Research2095-81372020-11-0141672673210.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.054ZR-2020-027Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits?Jian-Ping Liu0Lei Zhang1Li Zhang2Can-Chao Yang3Cheng-Te Yao4Xin Lu5Anders Pape Møller6Dong-Mei Wan7Wei Liang8Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan 571158, ChinaKey Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, College of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110036, ChinaKey Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, College of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110036, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan 571158, ChinaHigh Altitude Experimental Station, Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan 55244, ChinaDepartment of Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaKey Laboratory of Animal Resource and Epidemic Disease Prevention, College of Life Sciences, Liaoning University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110036, ChinaMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan 571158, ChinaRecent studies have shown that the closely related cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) and green-backed tit (P. monticolus) in China display strong egg recognition ability in contrast to tit species in Europe, which lack such ability. However, egg recognition in other populations of cinereous and green-backed tits and additional Paridae species still requires further research. Here, we compared the egg recognition abilities of cinereous tits across China, green-backed tits (P. m. insperatus) in Taiwan, China, and five other species from the Paridae family, including the marsh tit (Poecile palustris), varied tit (Sittiparus varius), willow tit (Poecile montanus), coal tit (Periparus ater), and ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis). Results showed that the Hebei (58.8% egg rejection, n=17) and Liaoning populations (53.3%, n=15) of cinereous tits, and the Guizhou (100%, n=12) and Taiwan populations (75%, n=12) of green-backed tits all exhibited high egg recognition ability. The egg recognition ability of these tits was significantly greater than that of the other five species in the Paridae family. The varied tit (5.4%, n=37), marsh tit (8.3%, n=12), willow tit (Hebei: 25%, n=20; Beijing: 9.5%, n=21), coal tit (16.7%, n=18), and ground tit (0, n=5) species all showed low egg recognition abilities, with no significant differences found among them. Egg recognition was not associated with a single phylogenetic group but occurred in several groups of tits. In particular, those species widely distributed in the Indomalayan realm, thus overlapping with small cuckoo species, displayed strong egg recognition ability, whereas tit species in the Palearctic realm exhibited low or no egg recognition ability.http://www.zoores.ac.cn/EN/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.054coevolutionegg recognitionegg rejectionmultiple-cuckoo systemparidae |
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Jian-Ping Liu Lei Zhang Li Zhang Can-Chao Yang Cheng-Te Yao Xin Lu Anders Pape Møller Dong-Mei Wan Wei Liang Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits? Zoological Research coevolution egg recognition egg rejection multiple-cuckoo system paridae |
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Jian-Ping Liu Lei Zhang Li Zhang Can-Chao Yang Cheng-Te Yao Xin Lu Anders Pape Møller Dong-Mei Wan Wei Liang |
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Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits? |
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Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits? |
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Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits? |
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Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits? |
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Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits? |
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egg recognition abilities of tit species in the paridae family: do indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than palearctic tits? |
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Zoological Research |
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Recent studies have shown that the closely related cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) and green-backed tit (P. monticolus) in China display strong egg recognition ability in contrast to tit species in Europe, which lack such ability. However, egg recognition in other populations of cinereous and green-backed tits and additional Paridae species still requires further research. Here, we compared the egg recognition abilities of cinereous tits across China, green-backed tits (P. m. insperatus) in Taiwan, China, and five other species from the Paridae family, including the marsh tit (Poecile palustris), varied tit (Sittiparus varius), willow tit (Poecile montanus), coal tit (Periparus ater), and ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis). Results showed that the Hebei (58.8% egg rejection, n=17) and Liaoning populations (53.3%, n=15) of cinereous tits, and the Guizhou (100%, n=12) and Taiwan populations (75%, n=12) of green-backed tits all exhibited high egg recognition ability. The egg recognition ability of these tits was significantly greater than that of the other five species in the Paridae family. The varied tit (5.4%, n=37), marsh tit (8.3%, n=12), willow tit (Hebei: 25%, n=20; Beijing: 9.5%, n=21), coal tit (16.7%, n=18), and ground tit (0, n=5) species all showed low egg recognition abilities, with no significant differences found among them. Egg recognition was not associated with a single phylogenetic group but occurred in several groups of tits. In particular, those species widely distributed in the Indomalayan realm, thus overlapping with small cuckoo species, displayed strong egg recognition ability, whereas tit species in the Palearctic realm exhibited low or no egg recognition ability. |
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coevolution egg recognition egg rejection multiple-cuckoo system paridae |
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