The phenomenon of cuckoos' brood parasitism is well known and can be investigated using
applied mathematical techniques. Among adaptive features of this phenomenon are certain …

How cuckoos find the nests of their hosts and choose nests with respect to egg phenotype
for parasitism is a long-standing puzzle that has so far not been solved. We recently …

Interactions between avian brood parasites, such as common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus),
and their hosts are one of the best‐studied examples of the coevolutionary arms race …

Many hosts have evolved diverse cognitive mechanisms to recognize and reduce the cost of
social parasitism. For example, great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus can …

One of the most effective defenses against avian brood parasitism is the rejection of the
foreign egg from the host's nest. Until recently, most studies have tested whether hosts …

Background Nest parasitism by cuckoos (Cuculus spp.) results in enormous reproductive
failure and forces hosts to evolve antiparasitic strategies, ie, recognition of own eggs and …

Rates of brood parasitism vary extensively among host species and populations of a single
host species. In this study, we documented and compared parasitism rates of two sympatric …

Avian brood parasitism is a model system for understanding coevolutionary arms races, and
the great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus, hereafter 'warbler') and its parasite the …

The coevolutionary process among avian brood parasites and their hosts involves stepwise
changes induced by the antagonistic selection pressures of one on the other. As long‐term …

Optimality theory suggests that parasitic cuckoos should evolve an optimal laying behaviour
aiming to positively select host nests in which the eggs match the phenotype of their own …