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A comparison of egg yolk lipid constituents between parasitic Common Cuckoos and their hosts

scientific article published in October 2015

A nanostructural basis for gloss of avian eggshells

scientific article

A neural basis for password-based species recognition in an avian brood parasite

scientific article

A new isolate of beak and feather disease virus from endemic wild red-fronted parakeets (Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) in New Zealand

scientific article published on 24 February 2010

A recognition-free mechanism for reliable rejection of brood parasites

scientific article published on 6 April 2007

A shared chemical basis of avian host-parasite egg colour mimicry

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

A sum of its individual parts? Relative contributions of different eggshell regions to intraclutch variation in birds

scientific article published in July 2011

A systems approach to animal communication

scientific article

A test of the nest sanitation hypothesis for the evolution of foreign egg rejection in an avian brood parasite rejecter host species

scientific article published in March 2017

Accelerated avian invasion into the Mediterranean region endangers biodiversity and mandates international collaboration

scientific article published in 2022

Adaptive patterns of anti-predator escape behavior in a globally introduced bird species

scientific article published in 2024

Alternative mechanisms of increased eggshell hardness of avian brood parasites relative to host species

scientific article

An Acoustic Password Enhances Auditory Learning in Juvenile Brood Parasitic Cowbirds

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Analysing avian eggshell pigments with Raman spectroscopy

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Anti-parasitic egg rejection by great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) tracks differences along an eggshell color gradient

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Avian eggshell pigments are not consistently correlated with colour measurements or egg constituents in twoTurdusthrushes

scientific article published on 14 August 2012

Bateman's Principle in Cooperatively Breeding Vertebrates: The Effects of Non-breeding Alloparents on Variability in Female and Male Reproductive Success

scientific article published in November 2005

Behavioural ecology: promiscuous fathers sire young that recognize true family

scientific article published in September 2006

Birds and longevity: Does flight driven aerobicity provide an oxidative sink?

scientific article published on December 13, 2011

Breeding biology of the critically endangered Malherbe's parakeet on Maud Island, New Zealand, following the release of captive-bred individuals

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Breeding habitat of the Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) on Little Barrier Island (Hauturu): implications for the conservation of a New Zealand endemic

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Brood parasitic cowbird nestlings use host young to procure resources

scientific article

Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes?

scientific article

Capsaicin as a Deterrent Against Introduced Mammalian Nest Predators

scientific article published in September 2012

Clutch size and the rejection of parasitic eggs: a comparative test of the maternal investment hypothesis

scientific article published on 13 March 2022

Coevolution, communication, and host chick mimicry in parasitic finches: who mimics whom?

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Cognitive Phenotypes and the Evolution of Animal Decisions.

scientific article

Cognitive ecology of avian recognition systems : studies of brood parasitic and parental taxa

2009 doctoral thesis by Mark E. Hauber at University of Auckland

Colour, vision and coevolution in avian brood parasitism

scientific article published on July 2017

Comparison of micrometer- and scanning electron microscope-based measurements of avian eggshell thickness

scientific article published on 30 November 2010

Conflicts around a study of Mexican crops

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Contemporary and historical separation of transequatorial migration between genetically distinct seabird populations.

scientific article published in January 2011

Contemporary cultural evolution of a conspecific recognition signal following serial translocations

scientific article published on 14 April 2010

Cross-fostering diminishes song discrimination in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published on 7 January 2009

Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Designing and interpreting experimental tests of self-referent phenotype matching

scientific article published on 25 February 2003

Detecting pigments from colourful eggshells of extinct birds

scientific article (publication date: 29 December 2009)

Developmental experience alters information coding in auditory midbrain and forebrain neurons

scientific article

Different colors reveal different information: how nutritional stress affects the expression of melanin- and structurally based ornamental plumage

scientific article published in December 2002

Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite.

scientific article published on 25 May 2012

Differential investment in visual and olfactory brain regions is linked to the sensory needs of a wasp social parasite and its host

scientific article published on 02 September 2021

Discrimination between host songs by brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds ( Molothrus ater).

scientific article published on 3 September 2002

Does contrast between eggshell ground and spot coloration affect egg rejection?

scientific article published on 22 June 2017

Does genetic variation among invasive house mice in New Zealand affect eradication success?

scholarly publication

Dynamic egg color mimicry

scientific article published on 24 May 2016

Dynamic feedback between phenotype and physiology in sexually selected traits

scientific article

Dynamics of seasonal movements by a trans-Pacific migrant, the Westland Petrel

scientific article published in February 2011

Early social experience alters transcriptomic responses to species-specific song stimuli in female songbirds

scientific article published in March 2018

Ecological predictors of reduced avian reproductive investment in the southern hemisphere

scientific article published on 22 February 2013

Ecological uncertainty favours the diversification of host use in avian brood parasites

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Egg arrangement in avian clutches covaries with the rejection of foreign eggs.

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Egg discrimination along a gradient of natural variation in eggshell coloration.

scientific article published in February 2017

Egg eviction imposes a recoverable cost of virulence in chicks of a brood parasite.

scientific article published on 11 November 2009

Eggshell colour does not predict measures of maternal investment in eggs of Turdus thrushes

scientific article published on 10 April 2008

Eggshell pigment composition covaries with phylogeny but not with life history or with nesting ecology traits of British passerines

scientific article published in March 2016

Eggshells as hosts of bacterial communities: An experimental test of the antimicrobial egg coloration hypothesis

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Embracing multiple definitions of learning

scientific article

Embryo movement is more frequent in avian brood parasites than birds with parental reproductive strategies

scientific article published in 2021

Embryonic learning of vocal passwords in superb fairy-wrens reveals intruder cuckoo nestlings.

scientific article

Emotions as Drivers of Wildlife Stewardship Behavior: Examining Citizen Science Nest Monitors’ Responses to Invasive House Sparrows

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Endocrine regulation of egg rejection in an avian brood parasite host

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Erratum to: Ultraviolet visual sensitivity in three avian lineages: paleognaths, parrots, and passerines

scholarly article published in Journal of Comparative Physiology

Evolution of Brain Size in the Palaeognath Lineage, with an Emphasis on New Zealand Ratites

scientific article (publication date: 21 November 2007)

Evolutionary biology: variation isn't always sexy

scientific article published in May 2007

Evolutionary transitions and mechanisms of matte and iridescent plumage coloration in grackles and allies (Icteridae).

scientific article published in December 2006

Experience dependence of neural responses to different classes of male songs in the primary auditory forebrain of female songbirds

scientific article published on 15 January 2013

Experimental shifts in egg-nest contrasts do not alter egg rejection responses in an avian host-brood parasite system

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

Experimental shifts in intraclutch egg color variation do not affect egg rejection in a host of a non-egg-mimetic avian brood parasite

scientific article

Experimentally Constrained Virulence is Costly for Common Cuckoo Chicks

scientific article published in January 2009

Female-female aggression and male responses to the two colour morphs of female common cuckoos

scientific article published on 20 June 2020

First light for avian embryos: eggshell thickness and pigmentation mediate variation in development and UV exposure in wild bird eggs

scientific article published on 29 July 2014

Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species

scientific article published on 17 January 2020

Foraging behaviour and habitat use of chick-rearing Australasian Gannets in New Zealand

article by Gabriel E. Machovsky-Capuska et al published 23 October 2013 in Journal of Ornithology

Great challenges with few subjects: statistical strategies for neuroscientists

scientific article published on 18 June 2010

Greater opportunities for sexual selection in male than in female obligate brood parasitic birds

scientific article published on 30 September 2019

Group compositional changes impact the social and feeding behaviors of captive hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas).

scientific article published in February 2016

Heterospecific eavesdropping on an anti-parasitic referential alarm call

scientific article published on 31 March 2020

Host Responses to Foreign Eggs across the Avian Visual Color Space

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Host defences against avian brood parasitism: an endocrine perspective

scientific article published on 05 September 2018

Host responses to interspecific brood parasitism: a by-product of adaptations to conspecific parasitism?

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

How the egg rolls: a morphological analysis of avian egg shape in the context of displacement dynamics

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

How to Make a Mimic? Brood Parasitic Striped Cuckoo Eggs Match Host Shell Color but Not Pigment Concentrations

scientific article published on 06 July 2018

Impact of time since collection on avian eggshell color: a comparison of museum and fresh egg specimens

scientific article published on 10 August 2010

Increased egg-nest visual contrast does not induce egg ejection in the eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), an accepter host of the brood parasitic brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

Indirect estimates of breeding and natal philopatry in an obligate avian brood parasite

scientific article published on 20 October 2011

Individual patterns of habitat and nest-site use by hosts promote transgenerational transmission of avian brood parasitism status

scientific article

Inter-Individual Variation in Anti-Parasitic Egg Rejection Behavior: A Test of the Maternal Investment Hypothesis

scientific article published in 2020

Latitudinal differences in the breeding phenology of Grey Warblers covary with the prevalence of parasitism by Shining Bronze-Cuckoos

article by Michael G. Anderson et al published June 2013 in Emu

Lower begging responsiveness of host versus parasitic brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) nestlings is related to species identity but not to early social experience

scientific article published on March 1, 2003

Mate replacement entails a fitness cost for a socially monogamous seabird

scientific article published on 17 November 2009

Mechanisms of Assortative Mating in Speciation with Gene Flow: Connecting Theory and Empirical Research.

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Merging ancient and modern DNA: extinct seabird taxon rediscovered in the North Tasman Sea

scientific article (publication date: 23 February 2010)

Mimicry-dependent lateralization in the visual inspection of foreign eggs by American robins

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals genetic structure in two New Zealand Cook’s petrel (Pterodroma cookii) populations

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Molecular characterisation of beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) in New Zealand and its implications for managing an infectious disease

scientific article published on 26 May 2012

Molecular tracking of individual host use in the Shiny Cowbird - a generalist brood parasite.

scientific article

Morph matters: aggression bias in a polymorphic sparrow

scientific article

Nature's Palette: Characterization of Shared Pigments in Colorful Avian and Mollusk Shells

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Nest destruction elicits indiscriminate con- versus heterospecific brood parasitism in a captive bird

scientific article

Nesting behaviour influences species-specific gas exchange across avian eggshells.

scientific article published in September 2014

Neural activation in response to conspecific songs in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) embryos and nestlings

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Neural mechanisms of auditory species recognition in birds

scientific article published on 07 May 2019

Neurophysiological response selectivity for conspecific songs over synthetic sounds in the auditory forebrain of non-singing female songbirds

scientific article published on 15 May 2007

Niche construction through a Goldilocks principle maximizes fitness for a nest-sharing brood parasite

scientific article published in 2022

Not so colourful after all: eggshell pigments constrain avian eggshell colour space.

scientific article published on May 2015

Now you see it, now you don't: flushing hosts prior to experimentation can predict their responses to brood parasitism

scientific article

Olfactory enrichment and scent cue associative learning in captive birds of prey

scientific article

Patterns and coevolutionary consequences of repeated brood parasitism

scientific article published in August 2004

Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Mohoua, endemic hosts of New Zealand’s obligate brood parasitic Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis)

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

Physiological responses of host parents to rearing an avian brood parasite: An experimental study

scientific article published on 26 June 2020

Piecing together the epic transoceanic migration of the Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis): an analysis of museum and sighting records

article by B. J. Gill & Mark E. Hauber published December 2012 in Emu

Predicting the responses of native birds to transoceanic invasions by avian brood parasites

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Predictive habitat modelling for the population census of a burrowing seabird: A study of the endangered Cook’s petrel

scholarly article

Prenatal exposure to incubation calls affects song learning in the zebra finch

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Prenatal learning in an Australian songbird: habituation and individual discrimination in superb fairy-wren embryos

scientific article

Probing the Limits of Egg Recognition Using Egg Rejection Experiments Along Phenotypic Gradients

scientific article published on 22 August 2018

Proximate predictors of variation in egg rejection behavior by hosts of avian brood parasites

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Reduced clutch-size is correlated with increased nest predation in exotic Turdus thrushes

scientific article published in December 2009

Repeatability of Foreign Egg Rejection: Testing the Assumptions of Co-Evolutionary Theory

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Repeatability of laboratory measurements for maternally derived yolk carotenoid concentrations in bird eggs

scientific article published in 2006

See how they run: increased ranging behavior counters potential Allee effects in experimentally introduced house mice on an island

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

Sexual dimorphism and species differences in HVC volumes of cowbirds

scientific article

Sexual imprinting misguides species recognition in a facultative interspecific brood parasite

scientific article published on 19 May 2010

Sexual plumage dichromatism in a size monomorphic seabird

scientific article published in September 2014

Sexual selection: a dynamic state of affairs. Response to the comments of Cornwallis and Uller in the article: towards an evolutionary ecology of sexual traits.

scientific article published on 6 May 2010

Shared neural substrates for song discrimination in parental and parasitic songbirds.

scientific article

Shared transcriptional responses to con- and heterospecific behavioral antagonists in a wild songbird

scientific article published on 05 March 2020

Signal detection, acceptance thresholds and the evolution of animal recognition systems

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Size dimorphism and avian-perceived sexual dichromatism in a New Zealand endemic bird, the whitehead Mohoua albicilla

scientific article published in June 2010

Song selectivity in the song system and in the auditory forebrain

scientific article published in June 2004

Sources of variation in reflectance spectrophotometric data: a quantitative analysis using avian eggshell colours

scientific article published on 20 September 2011

Spatial and behavioural measures of social discrimination by captive male zebra finches: implications of sexual and species differences for recognition research

scientific article published on 25 October 2008

Spatial heterogeneity of mesopredator release within an oceanic island system

scientific article

Species-Specific Auditory Forebrain Responses to Non-Learned Vocalizations in Juvenile Blackbirds

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Teaching behavior is responsive and costly in fairy-wrens though the time course needs to be defined

article published in 2017

The biology of color

scientific article

The chemical basis of a signal of individual identity: shell pigment concentrations track the unique appearance of Common Murre eggs

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

The contribution of private and public information in foraging by Australasian gannets.

scientific article

The cost of virulence: an experimental study of egg eviction by brood parasitic chicks

scientific article published in 2009

The cuticle modulates ultraviolet reflectance of avian eggshells.

scientific article

The disassociation of visual and acoustic conspecific cues decreases discrimination by female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).

scientific article published on August 2009

The establishment threat of the obligate brood-parasitic Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) in North America and the Antilles

scientific article published in August 2017

The evolution of conspecific acceptance threshold models

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

The evolution of eggshell cuticle in relation to nesting ecology

scientific article published in August 2016

The evolutionary causes of egg rejection in European thrushes (Turdusspp.): a reply to M. Soler

scientific article published on 4 October 2014

The evolutionary ecology of nests: a cross-taxon approach

scientific article published in 2023

The house sparrow in the service of basic and applied biology

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

The modelling of avian visual perception predicts behavioural rejection responses to foreign egg colours

scientific article published on October 2008

The role of egg-nest contrast in the rejection of brood parasitic eggs

scientific article published on 23 January 2015

The shape of avian eggs: Assessment of a novel metric for quantifying eggshell conicality

scientific article published on 06 May 2020

Ultraviolet visual sensitivity in three avian lineages: paleognaths, parrots, and passerines.

scientific article published on 26 April 2012

Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Variability in avian eggshell colour: a comparative study of museum eggshells

scientific article (publication date: 9 August 2010)

Variation in multicomponent recognition cues alters egg rejection decisions: a test of the optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function.

scientific article published on 08 April 2010

Visual accommodation and active pursuit of prey underwater in a plunge-diving bird: the Australasian gannet.

scientific article published on 8 August 2012

Visual acuity and egg spatial chromatic contrast predict egg rejection behavior of American robins

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Vocal imitation of mother's calls by begging Red-backed Fairywren nestlings increases parental provisioning

scientific article published in 2016

What Does the Eggshell Cuticle Do? A Functional Comparison of Avian Eggshell Cuticles.

scientific article

When are egg-rejection cues perceived? A test using thermochromic eggs in an avian brood parasite host

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

Which egg features predict egg rejection responses in American robins? Replicating Rothstein's (1982) study

scientific article published on 5 January 2018

Who moved my eggs? An experimental test of the egg arrangement hypothesis for the rejection of brood parasitic eggs.

scientific article