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Clever birds are lousy: Co-variation between avian innovation and the taxonomic richness of their amblyceran lice

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Attractive non-mimetic stimuli in Cuckoo Cuculus canorus eggs

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Rarity, life history and scaling of the dynamics in time and space of British birds

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Absence of egg discrimination in a suitable cuckoo Cuculus canorus host breeding away from trees

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Sibling Competition and Conspicuousness of Nestling Gapes in Altricial Birds: A Comparative Study

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Action Potential Energy Efficiency Varies Among Neuron Types in Vertebrates and Invertebrates

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Technical innovations drive the relationship between innovativeness and residual brain size in birds

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Differences in intestinal microbiota between avian brood parasites and their hosts

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Evidence for egg discrimination preceding failed rejection attempts in a small cuckoo host

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Nest Sanitation Plays a Role in Egg Burial by Yellow Warblers

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Number and colour composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallow nests: an experimental study

(2009) Juan M. Peralta-Sanchez et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Coots use hatch order to learn to recognize and reject conspecific brood parasitic chicks

(2009) Daizaburo Shizuka et al.   NATURE

Aromatic plants in nests of the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus protect chicks from bacteria

(2009) Adèle Mennerat et al.   OECOLOGIA

Antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria

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Predictors of resistance to brood parasitism within and among reed warbler populations

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No evidence for an evolutionary trade-off between learning and immunity in a social insect

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Symbiotic association between hoopoes and antibiotic-producing bacteria that live in their uropygial gland

(2008) J. J. Soler et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Energy limitation as a selective pressure on the evolution of sensory systems

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A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

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