A parasite in wolf's clothing: hawk mimicry reduces mobbing of cuckoos by hosts

By J. Welbergen, Nicholas B. Davies. 2011

114 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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In Ecology

1. Nicholas B. Davies
2. J. Welbergen
3. N. Langmore
4. W. E. Feeney
5. Toshitaka N. Suzuki

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Nicholas B. Davies
2. J. Welbergen
3. Toshitaka N. Suzuki

In Genetics

1. N. Langmore
2. W. E. Feeney
3. Nicholas B. Davies
4. J. Welbergen

Citations in the corpus

• Cuckoo adaptations: trickery and tuning (2011, background): “…from hawk-like plumage, with cryptic upperparts and barred underparts, which is more prevalent in parasitic than in non-parasitic cuckoos (Payne, 1967; Krüger, Davies & Sorenson, 2007), and which disuades close approach and attack by hosts (Davies & Welbergen, 2008; Welbergen & Davies, 2011).”
• Advances in the Study of Coevolution Between Avian Brood Parasites and Their Hosts (2014, background): “Common cuckoos appear to have evolved hawk, Accipiter sp., mimicry to reduce the likelihood of being mobbed by their hosts (Welbergen & Davies 2011).”