Have Asian koels evolved egg mimicry with any of their hosts?
Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 6, November 2025.The Asian koel Eudynamys scolopaceus is a generalist brood parasite that exploits a diverse array of host species across Asia. A previous study using avian visual modeling found no evidence that koels had evolved eggs that mimic the eggs of one of their oldest known hosts, the house crow Corvus splendens, or that they had host‐specific egg types when ...
Virginia E. Abernathy +6 more
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Model eggs fail to detect egg recognition in host populations after brood parasitism is relaxed
Frontiers in Zoology, 2020 Background Obligate brood parasites exert strong selective pressure on target hosts. In response, hosts typically evolve anti-parasitism strategies, of which egg recognition is one of the most efficient.
Canchao Yang +5 more
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Female singing: an overlooked component of incubation behaviour in a temperate migratory passerine
Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 6, November 2025.Recent studies have shown that birdsong is not exclusively a male trait. However, despite increasing research intensity, female singing is still rarely reported in temperate migratory species. Here, we report the observation and description of female vocalization in the great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus.
Alfréd Trnka +2 more
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Optimal Control Applications and Methods, Volume 46, Issue 6, Page 2501-2533, November/December 2025.Enhanced Cuckoo Search for Model Order Reduction ABSTRACT This article presents a critical review of classical and modern pole clustering techniques for model order reduction in high‐order systems. It highlights key limitations and common pitfalls encountered in traditional approaches, especially when extended to Multi‐Input Multi‐Output (MIMO) systems.
Kamel Ben Slimane +2 more
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Altas Tasas de Parasitismo de Molothrus bonariensis sobre Pseudoleistes virescens Seleccionan Defensas Complementarias del Hospedador [PDF]
, 2013 Hosts of brood parasites may have not developed antiparasitic defenses either because host and parasite are recently sympatric or because costs of potential defenses outweigh their benefits.
Fernandez, Gustavo Javier +2 more
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What's in a name? The use of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand business names
People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2911-2922, November 2025.Abstract The use of animal symbolism or names is a common practice in advertising and branding. Businesses use animals to project attributes of their brand and thus contribute to public familiarity with the species. In New Zealand, birds are arguably the most prominent animals in national conservation priorities and citizen science activities.
Jan‐Hendrik Dudenhöffer +10 more
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Light Sensitive Bumblebee Species Are Associated With Forest Habitat and Forest‐Dominated Landscapes
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.Bumblebee species and bumblebee communities with high light sensitivity are more common and abundant in forest habitats and forested landscapes. Bumblebees with higher light sensitivity tend to forage on plants with greater shade tolerance. Our results suggest that visual adaptations for light sensitivity contribute to shaping bumblebee species ...
Océane Bartholomée +6 more
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Random egg laying in host nests, rather than egg-matching, explains patterns of cuckoo parasitism: a comment on Zhang et al. (2023). [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2023 Wang L, Liang W.
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Defense behavior of two closely related but geographically distant host species against cuckoo parasitism: A next test for the parallel coevolution. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 Trnka A, Ma L, Yan H, Wang L, Liang W.
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Nature-inspired Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Side Lobe Suppression in a Symmetric Linear Antenna Array [PDF]
, 2012 In this paper, we proposed a newly modified cuckoo search (MCS) algorithm integrated with the Roulette wheel selection operator and the inertia weight controlling the search ability towards synthesizing symmetric linear array geometry with minimum side ...
Abdul Malek, M. F. +2 more
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