Avian Brood Parasitism

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Brood Parasitism in Birds: A Coevolutionary Point of View
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   Chapter 2 Factors Affecting the Rates of Coevolution Between Obligate Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts
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   Chapter 3 Evolution of Avian Brood Parasitism and Phylogenetic History of Brood Parasites
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   Chapter 4 A Taxonomic Review of Obligate and Facultative Interspecific Avian Brood Parasitism
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   Chapter 5 Conspecific Brood Parasitism Among Birds: The Effects of Phylogeny, Mode of Reproduction and Geographic Distribution
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   Chapter 6 Why Do Birds Lay Eggs in Conspecifics’ Nests?
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   Chapter 7 Evolution and Maintenance of Egg Rejection by Hosts as Adaptation Against Conspecific Brood Parasites: An Individual-Based Model
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   Chapter 8 Interspecific Avian Brood Parasitism as a Model System for Exploring Ecological and Evolutionary Questions Related to Habitat Selection
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    Chapter 9 The Brown-Headed Cowbird: A Model Species for Testing Novel Research Questions in Animal Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
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    Chapter 10 Cuckoos as Indicators of Biodiversity
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    Chapter 11 Hippocampus and Spatial Memory in Brood Parasitic Cowbirds
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    Chapter 12 Brood Parasitism and Cooperative Breeding: Seeking an Evolutionary Link
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    Chapter 13 Host Resource Partitioning Among Sympatric Molothrine Generalist Brood Parasites
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    Chapter 14 High Diversity of Brood Parasites in China and Coevolution Between Cuckoos and Their Hosts
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    Chapter 15 Brood Parasites as Predators: Farming and Mafia Strategies
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    Chapter 16 Cuckoo–Host Coevolutionary Interactions Across All Breeding Stages: Unusual Ecological Setting of a Cavity-Nesting Host
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    Chapter 17 Evidence of Adaptations and Counter-Adaptations Before the Parasite Lays Its Egg: The Frontline of the Arms Race
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    Chapter 18 Parasitic Behaviour of Interspecific Brood Parasitic Females
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    Chapter 19 Egg Color Polymorphism in Brood Parasites and Their Hosts: Adaptation and Evolution
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    Chapter 20 Adaptations of Brood Parasitic Eggs
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    Chapter 21 Implications of Nest Sanitation in the Evolution of Egg Rejection
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    Chapter 22 Egg Characteristics Affecting Egg Rejection
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    Chapter 23 Anti-brood Parasite Defences: The Role of Individual and Social Learning
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    Chapter 24 Cognitive Decision Rules for Egg Rejection
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    Chapter 25 Phenotypic Plasticity in Egg Rejection: Evidence and Evolutionary Consequences
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    Chapter 26 The Evolution of Nest Sharing and Nest Mate Killing Strategies in Brood Parasites
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    Chapter 27 Begging Behaviour, Food Delivery and Food Acquisition in Nests with Brood Parasitic Nestlings
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    Chapter 28 Begging Call Mimicry by Brood Parasite Nestlings: Adaptation, Manipulation and Development
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    Chapter 29 Host Defences Against Brood Parasite Nestlings: Theoretical Expectations and Empirical Evidence
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    Chapter 30 Parasite Adaptations During the Nestling and Fledgling Stages