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

I suggest that the cuckoo's parasitic adaptations are of two kinds:'trickery', which is how adult
cuckoos and cuckoo eggs and chicks evade host defences, and involves adaptations that …

All animals flee from potential predators, and the distance at which this happens is optimized
so the benefits from staying are balanced against the costs of flight. Because predator …

The interactions between avian obligate interspecific brood parasites and their hosts provide
tractable systems for studying coevolutionary processes in nature. This review highlights …

The interactions between avian interspecific brood parasites and their hosts provide
tractable and informative systems for investigating coevolution. Generally, these …

Brood (social) parasites and their hosts exhibit a wide range of adaptations and counter-
adaptations as part of their ongoing coevolutionary arms races. Obligate avian brood …

Accurate recognition of salient cues is critical for adaptive responses, but the underlying
sensory and cognitive processes are often poorly understood. For example, hosts of avian …

The capability of hosts to reject the odd egg from their nest is one of the key defenses
against avian brood parasitism. Considerable research effort has been devoted to exploring …

Comparative studies of egg recognition and rejection between various sympatric hosts
provide insight into the coevolutionary history of the hosts and parasites, as well as the …

Urban habitats differ from adjacent natural habitats in terms of disturbance regimes, light,
temperature, rainfall, habitat distribution and resource abundance. Meteorological …