ArticleBiology letters2023
Combined measures of mimetic fidelity explain imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite-host system.
Article in Biology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Categorical identity signatures can reduce host error rates during brood parasitism.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Pigment concentrations only partially predict avian eggshell colour mimicry in a polymorphic host-brood parasite system.Biology letters · 2025Article
- Pattern Matters in the Aposematic Colouration ofInsects · 2024Article
- Host learning selects for the coevolution of greater egg mimicry and narrower antiparasitic egg-rejection thresholds.Evolution letters · 2023Article
- Chase-away evolution maintains imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite-host system despite rapid evolution of mimics.Nature ecology & evolution · 2023Article
- When perfection isn't enough: host egg signatures are an effective defence against high-fidelity African cuckoo mimicry.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Combined measures of mimetic fidelity explain imperfect mimicry in a brood parasite-host system.Biology letters · 2023Article
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Abstract
The persistence of imperfect mimicry in nature presents a challenge to mimicry theory. Some hypotheses for the existence of imperfect mimicry make differing predictions depending on how mimetic fidelity is measured. Here, we measure mimetic fidelity in a brood parasite-host system using both trait-based and response-based measures of mimetic fidelity. Cuckoo finches
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