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Elternschaftsnachweise bei TrauerschnäppernFicedula hypoleuca am Westrand ihres mitteleuropäischen Verbreitungsareals

Parentage analyses in the Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca at the western boundary of its Central European range

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The study deals with the occurrence of extra-pair copulations within a Pied Flycatcher population near Lingen/Emsland (52.27° N, 7.15 ° E) in northern Germany. As a whole, 31 Pied Flycatcher broods were investigated using oligonucleotide DNA finger-printing. In 4 broods (12.9 %) a sum of 9 nestlings were found to be due to extra-pair copulations of the females. Their proportion with regard to the total number of nestlings investigated (n=165) amounts to 5.5 %. Integrating the pairing status of males into the analyses a significant difference was found: Only one of 20 obviously monogamous males was cuckolded, while for 3 of 7 bigyneous males' nestlings were identified that resulted from extra-pair copulations of the females. The proportion of cuckolded bigyneous males may be even underestimated, because in three cases the primary broods could not be investigated.

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Bei Lingen/Emsland (52.27° N, 7.15° E) in Norddeutschland wurden 31 Trauerschnäpperbruten mit Hilfe des Oligonukleotid DNA-Fingerprintings untersucht. In 4 Bruten (12,9 %) fanden sich insgesamt 9 Nestlinge, die auf Fremdkopulationen der ♀ zurückgingen. Ihr Anteil an der Gesamtzahl der Nestlinge (n=165) betrug 5,5 %. Bezieht man den Verpaarungsstatus der ♂ in die Betrachtungen ein, findet sich ein signifikanter Unterschied: Nur eines von 20 anscheinend monogam verpaarten ♂ wurde „betrogen“, dagegen fanden sich bei nicht weniger als 3 von 7 bigyn verpaarten ♂ Nestlinge, die auf Fremdkopulationen der ♀ zurückgingen. Der Anteil betrogener bigyner ♂ wird dabei unter Umständen sogar unterschätzt, da in drei Fällen die Primärbruten nicht untersucht werden konnten.

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  1. Institut für Angewandte Zoologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, D-53121, Bonn

    Jörg Brün & Thomas Lubjuhn

  2. Institut für Vogelforschung „Vogelwarte Helgoland“, Außenstation Braunschweig, Bauernstr. 14, D-38162, Cremlingen-Weddel

    Wolfgang Winkel

  3. Molekulare Humangenetik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780, Bochum

    Jörg T. Epplen

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Brün, J., Winkel, W., Epplen, J.T. et al. Elternschaftsnachweise bei TrauerschnäppernFicedula hypoleuca am Westrand ihres mitteleuropäischen Verbreitungsareals. J Ornithol 137, 435–446 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01661100

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