Coevolutionary theory predicts that the most common long‐term outcome of the
relationships between brood parasites and their hosts should be coevolutionary cycles …

Avian parents and social insect colonies are victimized by interspecific brood parasites—
cheats that procure costly care for their dependent offspring by leaving them in another …

Literature Cited to accompany Animal Communication, 2e Page 1 Principles of Animal
Communication, Second Edition Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp Chapter 14 …

How do parents recognize their offspring when the cost of making a recognition error is high
[1–3]? Avian brood parasite-host systems have been used to address this question because …

Why are some common and apparently suitable resources avoided by potential users? This
interesting ecological and evolutionary conundrum is vividly illustrated by obligate brood …

Common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) are obligate brood parasites, laying eggs into nests of
small songbirds. The cuckoo hatchling evicts all eggs and young from a nest, eliminating …

Egg mimicry by obligate avian brood parasites and host rejection of non-mimetic eggs are
well-known textbook examples of host–parasite coevolution. By contrast, reciprocal …

Recognition is considered a critical basis for discriminatory behaviours in animals.
Theoretically, recognition and discrimination of parasitic chicks are not predicted to evolve in …

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 …

The article presents a study which investigates the nestling ejection behaviour of Gerygone
laevigaster on host Bronze-cuckoo Chalcites minutillus in Northern Territory. It mentions the …