<p>Mean ± SE of female recognition touches for the first visit, touches per visit, and during incubation in the three non-mimetic model eggs (light, normal-weight, and heavy eggs) and natural blackbirds eggs.</p
Generalized linear models explaining egg volume variability (mean egg volume in a clutch) of the San...
<p>Grey points indicate body mass of chicks hatched from T-injected eggs. Black points indicate body...
The optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis provides a general predictive framework for testing beha...
<p>First-contact touches during the first visit with respect to (a) size mimicry and (c) colour mimi...
<p>Photo of a blackbird nest containing three natural eggs parasitized with a normal-weight non-mime...
Rejection of the parasitic egg is the most important defence of hosts against brood parasites. Howev...
Brood parasitism frequently leads to a total loss of host fitness, which selects for the evolution o...
<p>General Linear Model showing that heavier females laid less speckled eggs (N = 25 nests).</p
<div><p>Brood parasitism frequently leads to a total loss of host fitness, which selects for the evo...
Rejection of the parasitic egg is the most important defence of hosts against brood para-sites. Howe...
<p>N = 20 pairs for each mating combination. Mean values with the same letter are not significantly ...
<p>There are four aviary treatment types: inexperienced females in all-inexperienced aviaries (All S...
In birds, the colour, maculation, shape, and size of their eggs play critical roles in discriminatio...
<p>Clutch size for the follicle-ablated females was calculated as the sum of yolking follicles remov...
Female control over egg investment is a well-studied phenomenon in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttat...
Generalized linear models explaining egg volume variability (mean egg volume in a clutch) of the San...
<p>Grey points indicate body mass of chicks hatched from T-injected eggs. Black points indicate body...
The optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis provides a general predictive framework for testing beha...
<p>First-contact touches during the first visit with respect to (a) size mimicry and (c) colour mimi...
<p>Photo of a blackbird nest containing three natural eggs parasitized with a normal-weight non-mime...
Rejection of the parasitic egg is the most important defence of hosts against brood parasites. Howev...
Brood parasitism frequently leads to a total loss of host fitness, which selects for the evolution o...
<p>General Linear Model showing that heavier females laid less speckled eggs (N = 25 nests).</p
<div><p>Brood parasitism frequently leads to a total loss of host fitness, which selects for the evo...
Rejection of the parasitic egg is the most important defence of hosts against brood para-sites. Howe...
<p>N = 20 pairs for each mating combination. Mean values with the same letter are not significantly ...
<p>There are four aviary treatment types: inexperienced females in all-inexperienced aviaries (All S...
In birds, the colour, maculation, shape, and size of their eggs play critical roles in discriminatio...
<p>Clutch size for the follicle-ablated females was calculated as the sum of yolking follicles remov...
Female control over egg investment is a well-studied phenomenon in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttat...
Generalized linear models explaining egg volume variability (mean egg volume in a clutch) of the San...
<p>Grey points indicate body mass of chicks hatched from T-injected eggs. Black points indicate body...
The optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis provides a general predictive framework for testing beha...