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Avian Research, 2021 Background In the last decade, enigmatic male-like cuckoo calls have been reported several times in East Asia. These calls exhibited a combination of vocal traits of both Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) and Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) advertising ...
Swetlana G. Meshcheryagina, Alexey Opaev
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Potential cuckoo hosts have similar egg rejection rates to parasitized host species
Avian Research, 2020 Background Thrush species are rarely parasitized by cuckoos, but many have a strong egg recognition ability. To date, there is a limited understanding of the relationship between host egg rejection and cuckoo parasitism rate.
Tingting Yi, Yue-Hua Sun, Wei Liang
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Control allocation for aircraft with input constraints based on improved cuckoo search algorithm
Defence Technology, 2017 The control allocation problem of aircraft whose control inputs contain integer constraints is investigated. The control allocation problem is described as an integer programming problem and solved by the cuckoo search algorithm.
Yao LU, Chao-yang DONG, Qing WANG
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Testing the Interspecific Function of Female Common Cuckoo “Bubbling” Call
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Female common cuckoo (Cuculus canorous) predator-like “bubbling” calls distract host parental attention and reduce the egg rejection rate. Such “bubbling” calls are also frequently used to attract males and deter territorial rivals in intraspecies ...
Yanyi Wang +6 more
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Outcomes of brood parasite-host interactions mediated by egg matching: common cuckoos Cuculus canorus versus Fringilla finches. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Antagonistic species often interact via matching of phenotypes, and interactions between brood parasitic common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) and their hosts constitute classic examples.
Johan Reinert Vikan +5 more
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An updated list of parasitic cuckoos and their hosts in China
Avian ResearchAvian brood parasitism is a unique reproductive behavior in which parasitic birds depend on other species to incubate their eggs and raise their offspring. In China, there are 20 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, of which 17
Jianping Liu, Sidan Lin, Wei Liang
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Egg eviction imposes a recoverable cost of virulence in chicks of a brood parasite. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2009 BackgroundChicks of virulent brood parasitic birds eliminate their nestmates and avoid costly competition for foster parental care. Yet, efforts to evict nest contents by the blind and naked common cuckoo Cuculus canorus hatchling are counterintuitive as
Michael G Anderson +5 more
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A self-adaptive step Cuckoo search algorithm based on dimension by dimension improvement
Journal of Hebei University of Science and Technology, 2015 The choice of step length plays an important role in convergence speed and precision of Cuckoo search algorithm. In the paper, a self-adaptive step Cuckoo search algorithm based on dimensional improvement is provided.
Lu REN, Haiyang LI, Xingshi HE
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LSM tree read-deletion operations optimization through the implementation of cuckoo filters
Journal of Big DataThis study aims to develop an LSM tree that uses two different kinds of probabilistic data structures (PDS). These two data structures are the Bloom Filters and the state-of-the-art Cuckoo Filter released in 2014 by Fan.
Humberto Cesar Villalta Valverde +5 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2015 Cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae) are a medium-sized and widespread family of Hymenoptera whose species are generally parasitoids or cleptoparasites of solitary wasps and bees.
Madli PÄRN +4 more
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