The Value of Artificial Stimuli in Behavioral Research: Making the Case for Egg Rejection Studies in Avian Brood Parasitism

The Limits of Artificial Stimuli in Behavioral Research: The Umwelt Gamble

(2015) David C. Lahti   ETHOLOGY

The repeatability of avian egg ejection behaviors across different temporal scales, breeding stages, female ages and experiences

(2014) Tomáš Grim et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

How to Spot a Stranger's Egg? A Mimicry-Specific Discordancy Effect in the Recognition of Parasitic Eggs

(2014) Csaba Moskát et al.   ETHOLOGY

Tribute to Tinbergen: The Four Problems of Biology. A Critical Appraisal

(2014) Michael Taborsky   ETHOLOGY

The evolutionary causes of egg rejection in European thrushes (Turdusspp.): a reply to M. Soler

(2014) Peter Samas et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Naïve hosts of avian brood parasites accept foreign eggs, whereas older hosts fine-tune foreign egg discrimination during laying

(2014) Csaba Moskát et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Simultaneous viewing of own and parasitic eggs is not required for egg rejection by a cuckoo host

(2013) Miklós Bán et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Spectral tuning and perceptual differences do not explain the rejection of brood parasitic eggs by American robins (Turdus migratorius)

(2013) Rebecca Croston et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Life-history theory predicts host behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism

(2013) M.E. Hauber et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Repeated targeting of the same hosts by a brood parasite compromises host egg rejection

(2013) Martin Stevens et al.   Nature Communications

Host-Parasite Arms Races and Rapid Changes in Bird Egg Appearance

(2012) Claire N. Spottiswoode et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite

(2012) M. Alicia de la Colina et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Revealed by conspicuousness: distractive markings reduce camouflage

(2012) Martin Stevens et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut

(2011) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Repeatability of Foreign Egg Rejection: Testing the Assumptions of Co-Evolutionary Theory

(2011) Peter Samaš et al.   ETHOLOGY

AVIAN VISION AND THE EVOLUTION OF EGG COLOR MIMICRY IN THE COMMON CUCKOO

(2011) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   EVOLUTION

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

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

A shared chemical basis of avian host-parasite egg colour mimicry

(2011) B. Igic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Impact of time since collection on avian eggshell color: a comparison of museum and fresh egg specimens

(2010) Phillip Cassey et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs

(2010) C. N. Spottiswoode et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sexual selection: a dynamic state of affairs

(2010) Rebecca J. Safran et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2009) A. Antonov et al.   Biology Letters

Avian colour perception predicts behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism in chaffinches

(2009) J. M. AVILÉS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Differential ejection of cowbird eggs and non-mimetic eggs by grassland Passerines

(2009) Dwight R. Klippenstine et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

The modelling of avian visual perception predicts behavioural rejection responses to foreign egg colours

(2008) P. Cassey et al.   Biology Letters

Egg colour mimicry in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus as revealed by modelling host retinal function

(2008) J. M Aviles   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Can prey exhibit threat-sensitive generalization of predator recognition? Extending the Predator Recognition Continuum Hypothesis

(2008) M. C.O Ferrari et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES