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Habitat selection in the lesser cuckoo, an avian brood parasite breeding on Jeju Island, Korea

  • June 26, 2020
  • by Yun, S., Lee, J. W., & Yoo, J. C.

Abstract

Determining patterns of habitat use is key to understanding of animal ecology. Approximately 1% of bird species use brood parasitism for their breeding strategy, in which they exploit other species’ (hosts) parental care by laying eggs in their nests. Brood parasitism may complicate the habitat requirement of brood parasites because they need habitats that support both their host and their own conditions for breeding. Brood parasitism, through changes in reproductive roles of sex or individual, may further diversify habitat use patterns among individuals. However, patterns of habitat use in avian brood parasites have rarely been characterized. In this study, we categorized the habitat preference of a population of brood parasitic lesser cuckoos (Cuculus poliocephalus) breeding on Jeju Island, Korea. By using compositional analyses together with radio-tracking and land cover data, we determined patterns of habitat use and their sexual and diurnal differences.

PUBLICATION AVAILABLE AT: https://jecoenv.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41610-020-00159-6#Sec8

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