Explaining variation in brood parasitism rates between potential host species with similar habitat requirements

Batten down the thatches: front-line defences in an apparently defenceless cuckoo host

(2016) Iliana Medina et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Geographic variation in egg ejection rate by great tits across 2 continents

(2016) Wei Liang et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Disappearance of eggs from nonparasitized nests of brood parasite hosts: the evolutionary equilibrium hypothesis revisited

(2015) Bård G. Stokke et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Reed Parrotbill nest predation by tidal mudflat crabs: Evidence for an ecological trap?

(2015) Donglai Li et al.   Ecosphere

Host responses to interspecific brood parasitism: a by-product of adaptations to conspecific parasitism?

(2014) Peter Samas et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Ecological predictors of reduced avian reproductive investment in the southern hemisphere

(2013) Peter Samaš et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Color plumage polymorphism and predator mimicry in brood parasites

(2013) Alfréd Trnka et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Common CuckoosCuculus canoruschange their nest-searching strategy according to the number of available host nests

(2013) Václav Jelínek et al.   IBIS

Host selection in parasitic birds: are open-cup nesting insectivorous passerines always suitable cuckoo hosts?

(2013) Canchao Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Exploitation of Reedbeds by Specialist Passerines: Reed Parrotbill and Oriental Reed Warbler

(2013) Li-Hu Xiong et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Uncovering Dangerous Cheats: How Do Avian Hosts Recognize Adult Brood Parasites?

(2012) Alfréd Trnka et al.   PLoS One

Constraints on host choice: why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?

(2011) Tomáš Grim et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Isolation by time and habitat and coexistence of distinct host races of the common cuckoo

(2011) A. P. MØLLER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Does Nest Defence Deter or Facilitate Cowbird Parasitism? A Test of the Nesting-cue Hypothesis

(2010) Sharon A. Gill et al.   ETHOLOGY

Enemy Recognition of Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus): Threats and Reproductive Value Act Independently in Nest Defence Modulation

(2010) Daniela Campobello et al.   ETHOLOGY

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

(2010) Anton Antonov et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Genetic differentiation among sympatric cuckoo host races: males matter

(2010) F. Fossoy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Geographic distribution of suitable hosts explains the evolution of specialized gentes in the European cuckoo Cuculus canorus

(2009) Juan J Soler et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Experimentally Constrained Virulence is Costly for Common Cuckoo Chicks

(2008) Tomáš Grim et al.   ETHOLOGY

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus and host behaviour at Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus nests

(2008) ARNE MOKSNES et al.   IBIS

Egg rejection behaviour in the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus): the effect of egg type

(2008) Marcel Honza et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY