ArticleBiology letters2020
Endocrine regulation of egg rejection in an avian brood parasite host.
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- Egg-Inspection Frequency Predicts Egg Recognition but Not Ejection in a Cuckoo Host.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Host learning selects for the coevolution of greater egg mimicry and narrower antiparasitic egg-rejection thresholds.Evolution letters · 2023Article
- Patterns of stress response to foreign eggs by a rejecter host of an obligate avian brood parasite.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Impact of nest sanitation behavior on hosts' egg rejection: an empirical study and meta-analyses.Current zoology · 2021Article
- Ecophysiology of egg rejection in hosts of avian brood parasites: new insights and perspectives.Current zoology · 2021Article
- Nest sanitation behavior does not increase the likelihood of parasitic egg rejection in herring gulls.Current zoology · 2021Article
- Host personality predicts cuckoo egg rejection in Daurian redstartsProceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Parasite-host coevolution can lead to novel behavioural adaptations in hosts to resist parasitism. In avian obligate brood parasite and host systems, many host species have evolved diverse cognitive and behavioural traits to recognize and reject parasitic eggs. Our understanding of the evolution and ecology of these defences hinges on identifying the mechanisms that regulate them. We hypothesized that corticosterone, a hormone linked to stress response, vigilance and the suppression of parental behaviour, stimulates the rejection of foreign eggs by brood parasite hosts. We experimentally reduced circulating glucocorticoid levels with mitotane injections in American robins
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