Nesting innovations allow population growth in an invasive population of rose-ringed parakeets  

作　　者：Dailos HERNANDEZ-BRITO Jose L.TELLA Guillermo BLANCO Martina CARRETE 

机构地区：[1]Department of Conservation Biology,Donana Biological Station(CSIC),Calle Americo Vespucio,26,Sevilla 41092,Spain [2]Department of Evolutionary Ecology,Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales(CSIC),Calle JoseGutierrez Abascal,2,Madrid 28006,Spain [3]Department of Physical,Chemical and Natural Systems,Universidad Pablo de Olavide,Carretera de Utrera,km 1,Sevilla 41013,Spain

出　　处：《Current Zoology》2022年第6期617-626,共10页动物学报（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by the Severo Ochoa Program(Grant No.SVP2014-068732);Action COST“ParrotNet”(Grant No.ES1304).

摘　　要：Certain traits of recipient environments,such as the availability of limiting resources,strongly determine the establishment success and spread of non-native species.These limitations may be overcome through behavioral plasticity,allowing them to exploit alternative resources.Here,we show how a secondary cavity nester bird,the rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri,innovates its nesting behavior as a response to the shortage of tree cavities for nesting in its invasive range in Tenerife(Canary Islands).We observed that some breeding pairs excavated their own nest cavities in palms,thus becoming primary cavity nester,whereas others occupied nests built with wood sticks by another invasive species,the monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus.The use of these novel nesting strategies increased the number of breeding pairs by up to 52%over 6 years,contributing to a 128.8%increase of the whole population.Innovative nests were located at greater heights above ground and were more aggregated around conspecifics but did not result in greater breeding success than natural cavities.Occupation of monk parakeet colonies by rose-ringed parakeets also benefited the former species through a protective-nesting association against nest predators.Our results show how an invasive species innovate nesting behaviors and increase nest-site availability in the recipient environment,thus facilitating its population growth and invasion process.Potential behavioral innovations in other invasive rose-ringed parakeet populations may be overlooked,and should be considered for effective management plans.

关 键 词：antipredator response behavioral flexibility biological invasions cavity nesters nesting innovation reproductive success 

分 类 号：Q95[生物学—动物学]