Pecking but Accepting the Parasitic Eggs may not Reflect Ejection Failure: The Role of Motivation

House sparrows selectively eject parasitic conspecific eggs and incur very low rejection costs

(2011) Manuel Soler et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

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

Phenotypic Plasticity in Common Grackles (Quiscalus quiscula) in Response to Repeated Brood Parasitism

(2010) Brian D. Peer et al.   AUK

Closer clutch inspection—quicker egg ejection: timing of host responses toward parasitic eggs

(2010) Milica Požgayová et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The evolution of host-specific variation in cuckoo eggshell strength

(2010) C. N. SPOTTISWOODE   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

(2009) A. Antonov et al.   Biology Letters

Fixed Rejection Responses to Single and Multiple Experimental Parasitism in TwoFringillaHosts of the Common Cuckoo

(2009) Johan R. Vikan et al.   ETHOLOGY

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

(2008) Bård G. Stokke et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

Model Cuckoo Cuculus canorus eggs accepted by Rufous Bush Chats Cercotrichas galactotes during the parasite's absence from the breeding area

(2008) Fernando Alvarez   IBIS

Lack of consistency in the response of Rufous-tailed Scrub Robins Cercotrichas galactotes towards parasitic Common Cuckoo eggs

(2008) MANUEL SOLER et al.   IBIS

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