Investigating the nest sanitation hypothesis in a rejecter species: is sanitation a proximate link, pre-adaptation, or by-product of egg ejection?

Author

Alec B. Luro, CUNY Hunter CollegeFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-19-2016

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Psychology

First Advisor

Mark E. Hauber

Second Advisor

David Lahti

Academic Program Adviser

Mark Hauber

Abstract

Nest sanitation, a behavior similar in motor pattern to egg ejection, has been proposed repeatedly as a potential pre-adaptation to foreign egg ejection in avian brood parasites hosts. We found no support for the sanitation hypothesis--therefore we suggest egg ejection may have evolved independently of sanitation.

Recommended Citation

Luro, Alec B., "Investigating the nest sanitation hypothesis in a rejecter species: is sanitation a proximate link, pre-adaptation, or by-product of egg ejection?" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/88