Asymmetrical signal content of egg shape as predictor of egg rejection by great reed warblers, hosts of the common cuckoo

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

A sum of its individual parts? Relative contributions of different eggshell regions to intraclutch variation in birds

(2011) Lenka Polačiková et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Alternative mechanisms of increased eggshell hardness of avian brood parasites relative to host species

(2011) B. Igic et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

The analysis of common cuckoo's egg shape in relation to its hosts' in two geographically distant areas

(2011) M. Bán et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

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

Responses of Reed WarblersAcrocephalus scirpaceusto Non-Mimetic Eggs of Different Sizes in a Nest Parasitism Experiment

(2010) Bård G. Stokke et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

The role of blunt egg pole characteristics for recognition of eggs in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

(2010) Lenka Polačiková et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Avian eggshell coloration: new perspectives on adaptive explanations

(2010) MICHAEL I. CHERRY et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Functional morphology as a barrier to the evolution of grasp-ejection in hosts of the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)

(2010) J. L. Rasmussen et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

A Simple Rule Reduces Costs of Extragroup Parasitism in a Communally Breeding Bird

(2010) Christina Riehl   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Hosts’ Responses to Parasitic Eggs: Which Cues Elicit Hosts’ Egg Discrimination?

(2010) Csaba Moskát et al.   ETHOLOGY

Blunt egg pole holds cues for alien egg discrimination: experimental evidence

(2010) L. Polačiková et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Eggshell characteristics and yolk composition in the common cuckooCuculus canorus: are they adapted to brood parasitism?

(2010) Rita Hargitai et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Egg phenotype differentiation in sympatric cuckoo Cuculus canorus gentes

(2010) A. ANTONOV et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Discordancy or template-based recognition? Dissecting the cognitive basis of the rejection of foreign eggs in hosts of avian brood parasites

(2010) C. Moskat et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

Pattern mimicry of host eggs by the common cuckoo, as seen through a bird's eye

(2010) M. C. Stoddard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function

(2010) Joanna K. Hubbard et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Are dark cuckoo eggs cryptic in host nests?

(2009) N.E. Langmore et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Egg-spot pattern rather than egg colour affects conspecific egg rejection in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2009) M. Dolores G. López-de-Hierro et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Adaptations in the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) to host eggs in a multiple-hosts system of brood parasitism

(2009) FUGO TAKASU et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

(2009) A. Antonov et al.   Biology Letters

Nest Sanitation Plays a Role in Egg Burial by Yellow Warblers

(2009) Mélanie F. Guigueno et al.   ETHOLOGY

Photodynamic antimicrobial activity of avian eggshell pigments

(2009) Shin-ichi Ishikawa et al.   FEBS LETTERS

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

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

POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION AND RAPID EVOLUTION OF EGG COLOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOLAR RADIATION

(2008) DAVID C. LAHTI   AUK

Sex-specific defence behaviour against brood parasitism in a host with female-only incubation

(2008) Milica Požgayová et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

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

(2008) P. Cassey et al.   Biology Letters