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Brood parasitism reduces but does not prevent Bombus terrestris reproductive success

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Graphical depiction of the colony splitting process. Throughout figures in this paper, results pertaining to host success are represented in blue, and cuckoo success is represented in red. Abstract Cuckoo bumblebees are obligate brood parasites that must invade a colony of their host bumblebee species in order to reproduce.
Sofia Dartnell, Lynn V. Dicks
wiley   +1 more source

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, Csaba Moskát, Miklós Bán, Tomás Grim, Phillip Cassey, Mark E Hauber   +5 more
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Role of freshwater availability and terrestrial land‐cover change in the distribution of a declining, terrestrial, insectivorous bird

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Insectivorous, Afro‐Palearctic migrant birds provide cross‐border ecosystem services, but many are declining rapidly. The complex life cycle of migrant birds makes their conservation difficult, but understanding where they spend time during the breeding season can help indicate where those actions will be most effective.
Catrin F. Eden, Simon Gillings, Richard K. Broughton, Bart Donato, Chris M. Hewson, Stuart P. Sharp   +5 more
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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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Effects of landscape context on avian specialist response to increased surface temperature in protected areas

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Human development is a driver of global change and a major threat to biodiversity. Protected areas maintain and support biodiversity, but outside stressors, such as climate change and land use change, can negatively influence natural resources within protected areas.
Leah J. Rudge, Angela M. Holland, W. Gregory Shriver   +2 more
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Opportunistic Recharge Enhancement in Arid and Semi‐Arid Regions

Groundwater, EarlyView.
Groundwater supplies are increasingly stressed by climatic trends and multiple competing uses, especially in dryland environments. We propose opportunistic recharge enhancement (ORE) as a cross‐disciplinary, scalable framework to augment groundwater supplies by strategically integrating recharge co‐benefits into existing land and water management ...
Neha Gupta, Ryan Lima, Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey, Caelum Mroczek, Katharine Jacobs, Rayni Lewis, Fern Bromley, Tianfang Xu, Holly Richter, Patrick Broxton, Yoganand Korgaonkar, Travis Zalesky, James Famiglietti, Abraham Springer   +13 more
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Host‐Specific Vocal Similarity in Fledgling Levaillant's Cuckoos and Babblers in West Africa

Ecology and Evolution
Vocal mimicry in brood parasites may enhance fledgling survival by facilitating care or social acceptance by hosts. We quantified vocal similarity between fledgling Levaillant's cuckoos (Clamator levaillantii) and host fledglings using recordings from ...
Tomás Redondo, Derek Engelbrecht, Isaac Kilusu, Clive R. Barlow   +3 more
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Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Denise C. Wawman, Adrian L. Smith, Ben C. Sheldon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An updated list of parasitic cuckoos and their hosts in China

Avian Research
Avian 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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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, Frode Fossøy, Esa Huhta, Arne Moksnes, Eivin Røskaft, Bård Gunnar Stokke   +5 more
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