ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2022
Visual complexity of egg patterns predicts egg rejection according to Weber's law.
Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Chase-away evolution maintains imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite-host system despite rapid evolution of mimics.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
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- Decision rules for egg-color-based rejection by two cavity-nesting hosts of the brown-headed cowbird.The Journal of experimental biology · 2023Article
- Combined measures of mimetic fidelity explain imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite-host system.Biology letters · 2023Article
- Visual complexity of egg patterns predicts egg rejection according to Weber's law.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- How animals discriminate between stimulus magnitudes: a meta-analysis.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Visual complexity is ubiquitous in nature. Drivers of complexity include selection in coevolutionary arms races between antagonists. However, the causes and consequences of biological complexity and its perception are largely understudied, partly because complexity is difficult to quantify. Here, we address this by studying egg pattern complexity and its perception in hosts (tawny-flanked prinia
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