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Nair, Radha Goh. "Neural adaptations for brood parasitism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.409117.

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Gloag, Rosalyn Suzanne. "Brood parasitism by shiny cowbirds." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b9a9d900-ed14-4bb0-8979-7fd782584f00.

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Brood parasitic birds lay eggs amongst the clutches of other species, which then assume all costs of parental care on their behalf. This thesis addresses several puzzles of avian brood parasitism, using field studies and theoretical modelling of the generalist parasite, the shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) and select hosts in Argentina. Key findings and conclusions were: • High parasitism intensity in a host population can result in a cost to hosts of removing parasite eggs from their clutches, and so help to maintain host’s acceptance of parasite eggs in evolutionary equilibrium. The cos

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Reichart, Letitia Marie. "Conspecific brood parasitism in ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis)." Online access for everyone, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2008/L_Reichart_072408.pdf.

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Lindholm, Anna Kristina. "Evolution of host defences against avian brood parasitism." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.627230.

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Harrison, Martin D. "Using game theory to model interspecific brood parasitism in bird populations." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2010. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/6290/.

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The interaction between hosts and parasites in bird populations has been studied extensively. I use game theoretic methods to model this interaction. This has been done previously but has not been studied taking into account the detailed sequential nature of this game. I introduce models allowing the host and parasite to make a number of decisions which will depend on a number of natural factors. A sequence of events follows, which is broken down into two key stages; firstly the interaction between the host and the parasite adult, and secondly that between the host and the parasite chick. The

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Porneluzi, Paul A. "Effects of forest fragmentation on the biology of the Ovenbird /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9821351.

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McRae, Susan Barbara. "An ecological and genetic analysis of breeding strategies in the moorhen, Gallinula chloropus." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309703.

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Groulx, Adam. "Nesting aggregation as a Determinant of Brood Parasitism in Mason Bees (Osmia spp.)." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34322.

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Identifying forces that affect population dynamics can allow us to better understand the distribution and abundance of animals. Both top-down and bottom-up factors can significantly influence animal populations. Mason bees (members of the genus Osmia; Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) are important pollinators for agricultural systems and are vulnerable to exploitation by brood parasites, such as kleptoparasitic wasps. High levels of nesting density have the potential to increase rates of brood parasitism by attracting larger numbers of parasites to areas with aggregations of nests. I conducted a fie

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Hughes, Janice Maryan. "Systematics of New World cuckoos (Aves, Cuculidae) and the evolution of brood parasitism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0019/NQ27664.pdf.

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Fernando, Raniero. "Brood parasitism and genetic parentage in Goldeneye ducks, an analysis using DNA fingerprinting." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0027/MQ51602.pdf.

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Janishevski, Lisa. "Nest parasitism in red-breasted mergansers (Mergus serrator) in New Brunswick." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=31244.

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Intraspecific nest parasitism was studied in a group of colonial Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator) nesting on the Tern Islands of Kouchibouguac National Park in New Brunswick in 1992. Nest parasitism is very common in this colony, and may influence the high rate of nest abandonment observed. Emphasis was placed on determining rates of successful parasitism (i.e. eggs added during the laying period of the hen at that nest), which are evolutionarily significant, and can easily go undetected. Three methods were used to determine if a nest contained egg(s) from another hen: abnormally larg

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Tucker, Anna. "The occurrence and consequences of conspecific brood parasitism in the Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)." VCU Scholars Compass, 2014. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3450.

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Brood parasites avoid costs associated with raising young by adding eggs to another individual’s clutch and providing no parental care. When conspecific brood parasitism occurs in species with high parental investment, we expect hosts to suffer costs for raising an enlarged brood. Here I describe conspecific brood parasitism (CBP) in the prothonotary warbler using maternal exclusion analyses of 333 family groups. I found that 23.4% of clutches contained at least one offspring that was not matched to the social mother and determined that parasitism seems to be an opportunistic tactic. Hosts had

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Dugger, Bruce D. "The impact of brood parasitism on host fitness in common pochards and tufted ducks /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9809678.

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Burhans, Dirk E. "Anti-brood parasite defenses and nest-site selection by forest-edge songbirds in Central Missouri /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1996. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9712795.

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Shizuka, Daizaburo. "Parental strategies and family life of American Coots: brood parasitism, sibling rivalry, and life history /." Diss., Digital Dissertations Database. Restricted to UC campuses, 2009. http://uclibs.org/PID/11984.

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Kozlovic, Daniel Raymond. "Consequences of brood parasitism by cowbirds on house finches in a new area of sympatry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape16/PQDD_0013/NQ27981.pdf.

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Begum, Sajeda. "Brood Parasitism in Asian Cuckoos: Different Aspects of Interactions between Cuckoos and their Hosts in Bangladesh." Doctoral thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for biologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-14913.

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The interaction between brood parasitic cuckoos and their hosts represents a traditional example of coevolution, whereby obligate interspecific brood parasitic cuckoos completely rely on their hosts to do their parental care for them by laying their eggs in the host’s nest. This thesis brings together a great deal of information documenting and clarifying the interactions between different species of hosts and their respective parasitic cuckoos in Bangladesh. I recorded parasitism rates to determine the extent of brood parasitism and to identify the host species that were parasitised by sympat

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Eadie, John McAllister. "Alternative reproductive tactics in a precocial bird : the ecology and evolution of brood parasitism in goldeneyes." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29092.

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Facultative brood parasitism is common among waterfowl (Anatidae), but we have limited understanding of the ecological or evolutionary basis for this behaviour. I studied facultative brood parasitism in two species of cavity-nesting ducks, the Barrow's goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) and the common goldeneye (B. clangula). During a four year study in central British Columbia, I used field experiments, observational studies of marked individuals, and simulation models to (i) examine the consequences of brood parasitism to hosts, and (ii) identify the factors that promote and maintain parasitic

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Bouchard, M'Liki Jovette. "Determining rates of intraspecific nest parasitism in a colony of Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator) using microsatellite analysis." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=32764.

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The rate of intraspecific nest parasitism was determined for a colony of Red-breasted Mergansers (Mergus serrator) nesting on the Tern Islands in Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick. In order to recognize instances of nest parasitism, field criteria and microsatellite analysis testing for parentage between attending hens and the eggs in their nests were used. Traditionally, molecular analysis has involved collecting blood samples from females and offspring, however, for the purpose of this study, DNA was extracted successfully from feathers, egg membranes, and unhatched embryos which we

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Burgham, Mark Colin John. "The impact of brood parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird on the reproductive tactics of the yellow warbler." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5043.

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Jensen, William Eric. "Spatial variation in brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) abundance and brood parasitism in the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie /." Search for this dissertation online, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ksu/main.

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Rasmussen, Justin Lee. "Investigations of evolutionary arms races and host diversity in avian brood parasite systems." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8959.

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Obligate brood parasites rely solely on other species, the hosts, to incubate their eggs and raise their offspring, which often reduces the host’s reproductive output. This reproductive cost has led to the evolution of anti-parasite adaptations among hosts, which in turn, has led to better trickery by parasites, a process termed an evolutionary arms race. The objective of this thesis was to investigate host-parasite coevolutionary arms races to address questions of host-use diversity. Host diversity varies dramatically among brood-parasitic species, but reasons for variations in host-use among

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Tate, Douglas Patrick. "Occurrence patterns of the brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater, and rates of brood parasitism in island vs. mainland habitats." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ33280.pdf.

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Anderson, Michael Gareth. "Evolutionary interactions of brood parasites and their hosts : recognition, communication and breeding biology : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand." Massey University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10179/1167.

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Obligate brood parasites lay their eggs in nests of other species, relying on these host parents to care for their offspring. This phenomenon has been a curiosity amongst researchers since its first description and has become a model study system for testing such ideas as coevolution and species recognition. This thesis examines a few of the many questions that arise from this breeding system. The New Zealand Grey Warbler (Gerygone igata) and its brood parasite, the Shining Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) are used as the main study species, although research on the eviction behaviour of Common C

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Kosciuch, Karl L. "Host-parasite interactions on an experimental landscape." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/186.

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Tolvanen, J. (Jere). "Informed habitat choice in the heterogeneous world: ecological implications and evolutionary potential." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2018. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526218939.

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Abstract Animals live in a heterogeneous world where threats and abundance and quality of resources vary across space and time. Heterogeneity induces uncertainty in decisions that animals must make, e.g., where to breed. Adaptive decisions may be facilitated by personally collecting information on the quality of the environment and by observing the behaviour and success of other individuals. Such social information use is common in nature. I investigate information use in relation to ecological threats (brood parasites, nest predators) and long-term information use in breeding site choice in t

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Mcclean, Luke Alexander. "Coevolution between brood-parasitic honeyguides and their hosts." Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Science, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32856.

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Obligate brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other species, foisting the costs of parental care onto the host parents. The success of the parasite and host are then at odds, with both parties evolving defences and countermeasures in an evolutionary arms race. This reciprocal influence of acting upon both species' evolution — a process known as coevolution — has forged the natural world around us. Avian brood parasites and their hosts are now model systems for studying such coevolutionary interactions between species, providing striking examples of the adaptations that arise when the

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Stokke, Bård Gunnar. "Coevolutionary adaptations in avian brood parasites and their hosts." Doctoral thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-161.

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<p>Dette prosjektet har satt søkelyset på to problemstillinger knyttet til samevolusjonen mellom parasitt og vert; 1) utvikling av vertstilpasninger som mottrekk mot tilpasninger hos parasitten, med spesiell fokus på eggtilpasninger, og 2) mekanismer som kan forklare den store variasjonen i forsvarsatferd mot kullparasittisme blant ulike verter.</p><p>1) Flere gjøk- (Cuculus canorus) stammer eller gentes har utviklet egg som er veldig like vertens egne egg, såkalt eggmimikry, for å vanskeliggjøre vertenes eggavvisning. For å svare på dette har mange verter på sin side gjort det vanskeligere fo

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Silva, Emmanuel Moralez da. "Garça-vaqueira (Bulbucus ibis): a diversidade genética no estudo do comportamento reprodutivo e na caracterização da população invasora brasileira." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2013. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/5406.

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Mines, Ben Michael. "Interactions between the brood parasitic whydahs and their hosts in southern Africa." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.619948.

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Börner, Martina. "The life history of brood parasites : co-evolutionary constraints and competitive begging." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608752.

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Dearborn, Donald C. "Nestling behavior of a brood parasite : food acquisition and predation risk of brown-headed cowbirds /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9837723.

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Miño, Carolina Isabel. "Genética de populações e relações de parentesco em Ciconiiformes (Aves)." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2010. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/5386.

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Conley, David C. (David Charles). "Hatching, copepodid survival and larval development of Salmincola edwardsii (Crustacea:Copepoda) on brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61189.

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Salmincola edwardsii is an ectoparasitic copepod typically found on the gills of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). Laboratory experiments were conducted to determine: (i) the effects of temperature and photoperiod on early life cycle events, and (ii) the rate of larval development to adult. Egg incubation time, duration of copepodid swimming activity and copepodid survival time all decreased with increasing temperature. Different photoperiods had no effect. Hatching duration and hatching success were not influenced by either temperature or photoperiod. Copepodids remained alive and active f

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Albert, Elaine. "Parasite acquisition in relation to brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis population structure in a subarctic lake." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61846.

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Wright, Bernard James. "Effects of intensive stock reduction on a brook trout population and its parasite community." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60691.

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The brook trout population in a 4.7 hectare subarctic lake was sampled in 1986 and intensively fished in 1987, 1988 and 1989 in order to study the effect of stock depletion on fish parasite transmission. Population density was originally high, with slow individual growth rates, and small maximum size. Brook trout bore infections of Eubothrium salvelini, Phyllodistomum umblae, Crepidostomum farionis and Diplostomum sp. as well as some rare parasites. After intensive fishing the growth rates and size of the remaining fish increased. In 1987 all parasites increased in abundance. E. salvelini decr

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Shull, Heather C. "Demography, selection and comparative molecular evolution in brood parasitic indigobirds (vidua spp.) and their firefinch (lagonosticta spp.) hosts." Thesis, Boston University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/31601.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University<br>PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>The interaction of natural selection and genetic drift is key to understanding patterns of genomic variation and the adaptation of organisms to their environments. I examined how demographic and selective fac

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Waghchoure-Camphor, Elizabeth S. "Studies on the biology and control of Tropilaelaps clareae : Asian parasitic brood mites in Apis mellifera colonies in Islamabad Pakistan." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1998. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364646.

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Hanekom, Marc C. "The effect of brood and queen pheromones, as well as the colony environment, in the success of Apis mellifera capensis social parasites." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/426.

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Melathopoulos, Adony P. "Laboratory and field evaluation of neem pesticides for the control of honey bee mite parasites Varroa jacobsoni and Acarapis woodi and brood pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Ascophaera apis." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ51417.pdf.

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Bazin, Ronald C. "Defences against brood parasitism in the eastern kingbird." 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/12127.

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Medina-Guzman, Iliana. "Macroevolutionary outcomes of coevolution between avian brood parasites and their hosts." Phd thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/101811.

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Almost one hundred bird species in the world are known to be obligate interspecific brood parasites. These lay their eggs in the nests of other species, their hosts, which take care of a usually larger parasitic chick. Brood parasitism constitutes one of the best examples of coevolution in the animal kingdom. This strategy is usually costly to the host, and has led to the evolution of a suite of adaptations in hosts, in order to defend themselves against parasitism, and in parasites, in order to effectively parasitize their hosts. In this thesis I explor

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Clotfelter, Ethan D. "Impact of brown-headed cowbird brood parasitism on red-winged blackbirds and factors influencing patterns of parasitism." 1998. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/40742915.html.

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Lemos, Sharon A. C. "Host suitability in the Diderik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius - ploceid brood parasitism breeding system." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4816.

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Host suitability is critically important to the success of brood parasitism. Parasites must select a host that not only accepts its egg but also is capable of successfully rearing the parasite to fledging. Nearly all brood-parasites appear to avoid low-quality hosts that are likely to reject their eggs, that are of inappropriate size, or that feed their nestlings nutritionally inadequate or insufficient food. The diderik cuckoo, (Chrysococcyx caprius), is an obligate brood parasite known to parasitise a wide spectrum of ploceids, including the yellow weaver (Ploceus subaureus) and the southern

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Underwood, Todd J. "Proximate and ultimate influences on egg recognition and rejection behaviour in response to avian brood parasitism." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/15737.

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Klippenstine, Dwight Russell. "Can egg mimicry by brown-headed cowbirds explain the acceptance of brood parasitism by grassland passerines?" 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/18095.

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Curson, David R. "Nest predation and brood parasitism of passerine birds in pinyon-juniper woodland in northeast New Mexico." 1996. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/36668003.html.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996.<br>Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

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Fonnesbeck, Christopher James. "The abundance, distribution and brood parasitism of upland-breeding warbling vireos in a fragmented forest landscape." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8081.

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In a two-year study of the Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus, I explore patterns of distribution, habitat, and brood parasitism along an elevation gradient in the South Okanagan region, British Columbia using landscape analyses. The Warbling Vireo is threatened at low elevations in the Okanagan by intense parasitism pressure by Brown-headed Cowbirds Molothrus ater. Vireo persistence may depend upon neighbouring source populations in the montane forests overlooking the valley. In the first part of the study, I found brood parasitism to be significantly lower in higher elevation forests compared

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Abernathy, Virginia. "Investigating the first stages of coevolution between the Pacific koel and its newest host,the red wattlebird." Phd thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/128297.

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Avian obligate brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species and never provide their own parental care. This behaviour is a model example of coevolution and while multiple studies and reviews have discussed the different types of adaptations and counter-adaptations hosts and brood parasites evolve, there have only been a handful of empirical studies focused on how quickly coevolution can occur in a host-brood parasite system. Additionally, little is known about the early stages of brood parasite and host coevolutionary interactions.

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Guigueno, Melanie Francoise. "Acceptance or Rejection of Cowbird Parasitism: Cues Used in Decision-Making by Yellow Warblers (Dendroica petechia)." 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3958.

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The proximate causes triggering nest abandonment are unclear for most species, including the Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), which abandons nests parasitized by cowbirds (via burial or desertion). Cowbird parasitism and rejection of parasitism are costly to some hosts; therefore cues affecting their responses have important evolutionary implications. Manipulative experiments showed that experimentally adding a cowbird egg elicited similar rejection frequencies (2008: 31.8%; 2009: 26.1%) as naturally laid eggs (2008: 27.1%; 2009: 20.0%). In 2008, interaction with an egg-removing model incr

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