Camouflage in predators
MQR Pembury Smith, GD Ruxton - Biological Reviews, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Camouflage–adaptations that prevent detection and/or recognition–is a key example of
evolution by natural selection, making it a primary focus in evolutionary ecology and animal …
evolution by natural selection, making it a primary focus in evolutionary ecology and animal …
Colour, vision and coevolution in avian brood parasitism
MC Stoddard, ME Hauber - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The coevolutionary interactions between avian brood parasites and their hosts provide a
powerful system for investigating the diversity of animal coloration. Specifically, reciprocal …
powerful system for investigating the diversity of animal coloration. Specifically, reciprocal …
Random egg laying in host nests, rather than egg-matching, explains patterns of cuckoo parasitism: a comment on Zhang et al. (2023)
L Wang, W Liang - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is the most extensively studied brood parasite. It
lays eggs in host nests and depends on the host to incubate its eggs and raise its offspring …
lays eggs in host nests and depends on the host to incubate its eggs and raise its offspring …
Experimental evidence that cuckoos choose host nests following an egg matching strategy
The arms race between brood parasites and their hosts provides a classic model to study
coevolution. Hosts often reject the parasitic egg, and brood parasites should therefore select …
coevolution. Hosts often reject the parasitic egg, and brood parasites should therefore select …
How cuckoos find and choose host nests for parasitism
How cuckoos find the nests of their hosts and choose nests with respect to egg phenotype
for parasitism is a long-standing puzzle that has so far not been solved. We recently …
for parasitism is a long-standing puzzle that has so far not been solved. We recently …
Egg rejection changes with seasonal variation in risk of cuckoo parasitism in Daurian redstarts, Phoenicurus auroreus
Highlights•Egg rejection may vary with risk of brood parasitism spatially and
temporally.•Daurian redstarts are cavity-nesting hosts of cuckoos with two egg-laying …
temporally.•Daurian redstarts are cavity-nesting hosts of cuckoos with two egg-laying …
Egg recognition as antiparasitism defence in hosts does not select for laying of matching eggs in parasitic cuckoos
Highlights•Whether cuckoos can lay eggs matching host eggs is an unresolved
question.•We show that common cuckoos are indiscriminate in their choice of host …
question.•We show that common cuckoos are indiscriminate in their choice of host …
Brood parasitism and egg recognition in three bunting hosts of the cuckoos
Y Zhang, G Zhong, G Wan, L Wang… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Comparative studies of egg recognition and rejection between various sympatric hosts
provide insight into the coevolutionary history of the hosts and parasites, as well as the …
provide insight into the coevolutionary history of the hosts and parasites, as well as the …
Naïve hosts of avian brood parasites accept foreign eggs, whereas older hosts fine-tune foreign egg discrimination during laying
Background Many potential hosts of social parasites recognize and reject foreign intruders,
and reduce or altogether escape the negative impacts of parasitism. The ontogenetic basis …
and reduce or altogether escape the negative impacts of parasitism. The ontogenetic basis …
Characteristics determining host suitability for a generalist parasite
Host quality is critical for parasites. The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is a generalist
avian brood parasite, but individual females show strong preference for a specific host …
avian brood parasite, but individual females show strong preference for a specific host …