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Breeding stages affect egg recognition in azure-winged magpies (Cyanopica cyanus) [PDF]

Animal Cognition
Egg rejection often involves a cognitive process of recognizing foreign eggs, which can vary not only between species or among different individuals of the same species, but also within the same individual during different breeding stages, leading to ...
Jianping Liu, Fudong Zhou, Hanlin Yan, Wei Liang   +3 more
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Divergent Egg‐Rejection Strategies Between Laying and Incubation Periods in the Green‐Backed Tit (Parus monticolus) [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Egg recognition and rejection constitute essential host defenses against brood parasitism, with rejection decisions reflecting evolutionary adaptations shaped by cost–benefit trade‐offs.
Ping Ye, Canchao Yang
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Innate and learned components of egg recognition in the ant Camponotus floridanus [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science
Insect societies discriminate against foreigners to avoid exploitation. In ants, helper workers only accept individuals with the familiar chemical cues of their colony. Similarly, unfamiliar eggs may get rejected at their first appearance in the nest. We
Dani Moore, Juergen Liebig
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Recognition and utilization of egg maculation signals by two sympatric host species

Journal of Avian Biology
Egg color polymorphism and egg mimicry are important adaptations in the game process between hosts and brood parasites at the egg stage. The ability of hosts to recognize and reject parasitic eggs based on effective egg characteristics is a crucial ...
Guo Zhong, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang
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Clutch Destruction by Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) During the Laying Stage of Vinous‐Throated Parrotbills (Sinosuthora webbiana): First Video Evidence [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Brood parasitism by the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) depends on precise timing, with females typically laying during the host's laying phase to ensure their chick hatches first.
Yunkyoung Lee, Wonseok Jang
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Egg recognition abilities of tit species in the Paridae family: do Indomalayan tits exhibit higher recognition than Palearctic tits? [PDF]

Zoological Research, 2020
Xin Lu, Wei Liang, Anders Pape Møller
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Nest sanitation facilitates egg recognition in the common tailorbird, a plaintive cuckoo host [PDF]

Zoological Research, 2019
Wei Liang
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Recognition and rejection of foreign eggs of different colors in Barn Swallows

Avian Research
Brood parasitic birds lay eggs in the nests of other birds, and the parasitized hosts can reduce the cost of raising unrelated offspring through the recognition of parasitic eggs.
Kui Yan, Wei Liang
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Egg recognition and nestling discrimination in the Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus): Size matters

Avian Research, 2023
Most studies exploring abilities of hosts to detect brood parasitism are based on detecting colour and/or pattern differences among parasitic and host eggs or nestlings, while only few were focused on size differences. True recognition and recognition by
Jinmei Liu, Fangfang Zhang, Yuran Liu, Wei Liang   +3 more
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Research on image recognition of cracked eggs based on convolutional neural network model

Shipin yu jixie, 2023
Objective: In order to improve the accuracy and operating efficiency of the egg crack detection method based on computer vision. Methods: Used poultry egg simulation impact equipment to obtain cracked eggs, and collected images of cracked eggs and intact
LI Shu, TANG Mengdi, TONG Siyuan, SUN Ke
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