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Feb 11, 2019 · We have brought together research and reviews on brood parasitism in birds, insects and fish that address complementary questions. These studies cover three key themes that are common to brood parasitism, regardless of the study system.
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expect obligate brood parasitism to evolve wherever we see...
- Parasitic Cuckoo Catfish Exploit Parental Responses to Stray Offspring
Cuckoo catfish are considered an obligate brood parasite in...
- Inquiline Social Parasites as Tools to Unlock The Secrets of Insect Sociality
Chemical insignificance of parasite brood is a prediction of...
- Host Density Predicts The Probability of Parasitism by Avian Brood Parasites
Host density determines the territory or home range size of...
- Higher-level Pattern Features Provide Additional Information to Birds When Recognizing and Rejecting Parasitic Eggs
For most brood parasite–host pairs, the key evolutionary...
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The functional distinctness of brood parasites reinforces the idea that natural enemies exist along a continuum rather than as a dichotomy. Brood parasite–host interactions can serve as valuable case studies to unify parasite–host and predator–prey theories.
- Henry S. Pollock, Jeffrey P. Hoover, Floria M.K. Uy, Mark E. Hauber
- 2021
The interactions between avian obligate interspecific brood parasites and their hosts provide tractable systems for studying coevolutionary processes in nature. This review highlights recent advances in understanding coevolution in these systems.
Dec 14, 2013 · Here I examine the frequency of the three potential long-term outcomes of brood parasite–host coevolution (coevolutionary cycles, lack of rejection, and successful resistance) in 182 host species.
- Manuel Soler
- 2014
Mar 27, 2023 · In this model, we included brood parasitism status (yes/no) as the dependent variable, nest location (indoors/outdoors), nest type (natural/nest box) and clutch color (blue/pink) as fixed effects, and plot identity and year as random effects ( Table S2, model 1).
May 22, 2017 · The extent to which vision-based adaptations have evolved varies dramatically across brood parasite–host systems. Some brood parasites are highly virulent, like the common cuckoo chick that evicts all of the host's eggs and hatchlings in order to fully monopolize the host's resources.
Oct 21, 2013 · The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) is the only brood parasite that is widespread in North America. It has spread considerably and increased in numbers in recent years, and exploits more than 200 host species, with sometimes extremely high rates of parasitism.
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