Signal detection theory addresses the challenge of successfully identifying informative
signals in noisy information contexts, allowing optimal behavioural decisions in diverse …

The visual system and lifestyle characteristics make the even-toed ungulates an excellent
model for the studies of behavioural lateralization. Recent research has focused on these …

Animals frequently encounter situations in which they can choose to move either left or right.
Consistent preferences to move a specific direction may be associated with lateralization, or …

Parasite–host coevolution can lead to novel behavioural adaptations in hosts to resist
parasitism. In avian obligate brood parasite and host systems, many host species have …

We know a good deal about brain lateralization in birds and a good deal about animal
welfare, but relatively little about whether there is a noteworthy relationship between avian …

At the core of recognition systems research are questions regarding how and when fitness-
relevant decisions made. Studying egg-rejection behavior by hosts to reduce the costs of …

Hosts of avian brood parasites may reduce or forego the costs of caring for foreign young by
rejecting parasitic eggs from the nest. Yet, many host species accept parasitic eggs and …

Current research suggests that hemispheric lateralization has significant fitness
consequences. Foraging, as a basic survival function, is a perfect research model to test the …

Obligate avian brood parasites lay their eggs in the nest of other species and impose
reproductive costs upon their hosts. In response, many hosts have evolved a variety of …

Hosts of obligate avian brood parasites can diminish or eliminate the costs of parasitism by
rejecting foreign eggs from the nests. A vast literature demonstrates that visual and/or tactile …