Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats

By N. Davies, David Quinn. 2000

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Aggression to dummy cuckoos by potential European cuckoo hosts (2002, background): “specialist cuckoo strain (called gens) parasitises a single host species, or a group of hosts (Baker, 1942; Moksnes & R0skaft, 1987; Davies, 2000).”
Sociable schedules: interplay between avian seasonal and social behaviour (2006, background): “Parasitic species are remarkably good at synchronizing egg laying with their hosts (Forslund & Larsson 1995; Andersson & Åhlund 2000; Davies 2000; Lyon 2003).”
The evolution of virulence in brood parasites (2005, background): “Perhaps adults also profit by damaging host fecundity, because the host nests constructed to replace those they have destroyed are available for parasitism and because they gain a free meal as they parasitize the nest (Davies 2000).”
On the Meaning of Alarm Calls: A Review of Functional Reference in Avian Alarm Calling (2013, background): “Cowbirds are brood parasites that lay their eggs in the nests of other species, which then act as host parents for the developing offspring (Davies 2000).”