Literature DB >> 18786370

Evolutionary biology: arms races in the eye of the beholder.

Rebecca J Safran1, Maren N Vitousek.   

Abstract

Perceptual models of the avian visual system accurately predict the egg-rejection ability of species subject to the costly trickery of cuckoos and other brood parasites.

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Year:  2008        PMID： 18786370     DOI： 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.045

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Curr Biol        ISSN： 0960-9822            Impact factor:   10.834


  2 in total

1.  Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs.

Authors:  Claire N Spottiswoode; Martin Stevens
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2010-04-26       Impact factor: 11.205

2.  Pattern mimicry of host eggs by the common cuckoo, as seen through a bird's eye.

Authors:  Mary Caswell Stoddard; Martin Stevens
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2010-01-06       Impact factor: 5.349
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