Coevolutionary theory predicts that the most common long‐term outcome of the
relationships between brood parasites and their hosts should be coevolutionary cycles …

The interactions between avian obligate interspecific brood parasites and their hosts provide
tractable systems for studying coevolutionary processes in nature. This review highlights …

A trade–off between immunity and growth has repeatedly been suggested, mainly based on
laboratory and poultry science, but also from experiments where parasitism intensity was …

Maximizing the classification accuracy and minimizing the number of selected features are
the two main incompatible objectives for using feature selection to overcome the curse of …

Arms races between avian brood parasites and their hosts often result in parasitic mimicry of
host eggs, to evade rejection. Once egg mimicry has evolved, host defences could escalate …

It has been recently proposed that the blue-green coloration in eggs of many avian species
may constitute a sexually selected female signal. Blue-green color intensity would reflect the …

Coevolution between parasites and hosts or predators and prey often involves multiple
species with similar kinds of defenses and counter‐defenses. Classic examples include the …

Interactions between avian hosts and brood parasites can provide a model for how animals
adapt to a changing world. Reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) hosts employ costly …

In the coevolutionary arms race between avian brood parasites and their hosts, several
adaptations have evolved on both sides, the most prominent and important host defense …

In some hosts of avian brood parasites, several populations apparently escape parasitism,
while others are parasitized. Many migratory specialist brood parasites like common …