The reach of gene–culture coevolution in animals

H Whitehead, KN Laland, L Rendell… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Culture (behaviour based on socially transmitted information) is present in diverse animal
species, yet how it interacts with genetic evolution remains largely unexplored. Here, we …

Long‐term coevolution between avian brood parasites and their hosts

M Soler - Biological Reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Coevolutionary theory predicts that the most common long‐term outcome of the
relationships between brood parasites and their hosts should be coevolutionary cycles …

[HTML][HTML] Embryonic learning of vocal passwords in superb fairy-wrens reveals intruder cuckoo nestlings

D Colombelli-Négrel, ME Hauber, J Robertson… - Current Biology, 2012 - cell.com
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 …

Advances in the study of coevolution between avian brood parasites and their hosts

WE Feeney, JA Welbergen… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The interactions between avian obligate interspecific brood parasites and their hosts provide
tractable systems for studying coevolutionary processes in nature. This review highlights …

The frontline of avian brood parasite–host coevolution

WE Feeney, JA Welbergen, NE Langmore - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
The interactions between avian interspecific brood parasites and their hosts provide
tractable and informative systems for investigating coevolution. Generally, these …

On the meaning of alarm calls: a review of functional reference in avian alarm calling

SA Gill, AMK Bierema - Ethology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A long‐standing question in animal communication is whether signals reveal intrinsic
properties of the signaller or extrinsic properties of its environment. Alarm calls, one of the …

Avian vocalisations: the female perspective

VI Austin, AH Dalziell, NE Langmore… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Research on avian vocalisations has traditionally focused on male song produced by oscine
passerines. However, accumulating evidence indicates that complex vocalisations can …

Semantic communication in birds: evidence from field research over the past two decades

TN Suzuki - Ecological Research, 2016 - Springer
What do animal signals mean? This is a central question in studies on animal
communication. Research into the semantics of animal signals began in 1980, with …

Brood parasitism and the evolution of cooperative breeding in birds

WE Feeney, I Medina, M Somveille, R Heinsohn… - Science, 2013 - science.org
The global distribution of cooperatively breeding birds is highly uneven, with hotspots
inAustralasia and sub-Saharan Africa. The ecological drivers of this distribution remain …

The wages of violence: mobbing by mockingbirds as a frontline defence against brood-parasitic cowbirds

R Gloag, VD Fiorini, JC Reboreda, A Kacelnik - Animal Behaviour, 2013 - Elsevier
For many hosts of brood-parasitic birds, their frontline of defence is to mob adult parasites
that approach the nest. Mobbing is commonly interpreted as an adaptation to prevent the …