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Development and behavior of Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) nestlings and their Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) hosts
Tunheim, Odd Helge; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Wang, Longwu; Yang, Canchao; Jiang, Aiwu; Liang, Wei; Røskaft, Eivin; Fossøy, Frode (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Our knowledge of avian brood parasitism is primarily based on studies of a few selected species. Recently, researchers have targeted a wider range of host–parasite systems, which has allowed further evaluation ... -
Plaintive Cuckoo Nestling Adaptations and Development in Common Tailorbird Nests - Costly Child Custody
Tunheim, Odd Helge (Master thesis, 2015)Avian brood parasitism represents a suitable system for studying coevolution, as parasite and host engage in an escalating arms race. The parasite develops adaptations to overcome host defences, and in addition develops ... -
Plaintive cuckoos do not select tailorbird hosts that match the phenotypes of their own eggs
Yang, Canchao; Huang, Qiuli; Wang, Longwu; Jiang, Aiwu; Stokke, Bård Gunnar; Fossøy, Frode; Tunheim, Odd Helge; Røskaft, Eivin; Liang, Wei; Møller, Anders Pape (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Laying a mimetic egg is important for a brood parasite to succeed in defeating the defenses of a host that can recognize and reject nonmimetic foreign eggs. Several recent studies suggest that common cuckoos ( Cuculus ...