Evolving Egg Patterns Thwart Cuckoo Counterfeits

Evolving Egg Patterns Thwart Cuckoo Counterfeits



1.Egg Patterns - About.com Animals / Wildlife

Description:This photo accompanies the article Evolving Egg Patterns
Thwart Cuckoo Counterfeits. The egg photos above are divided into two
basic sections. The four columns on the ...



2.Evolving Egg Patterns Thwart Cuckoo Counterfeits

Description:20-04-2011 · Detecting forgeries isn't just the business of
hand-writing experts and fraud fighters. It turns out some bird species
are good at detecting fraud as well.



3.Cuckoo adaptations: trickery and tuning - Davies - 2011 ...

Description:In theory, therefore, hosts should evolve defences to thwart
the cuckoo. These should select for cuckoo trickery, ... their egg
patterns evolve too, ...



4.Dunnock behaviour and social evolution - Nicholas B. Davies ...

Description:At first sight just a small brown bird, the dunnock's
unobtrusive appearance belies its extraordinary behaviour and mating
patterns. In this book Nick Davies gives a ...



5.Warblers Develop Defenses Against Cuckoo Finches' Impostor ...

Description:13-04-2011 · But the prinias' eggs come in a rainbow of colors
and a wide variety of patterns, and they rely on this to prevent a cuckoo
finch egg ... evolve in ...



6.Zoology: News and Information - Department of Zoology

Description:How can different species manage to evolve the same patterns
again and ... A Closer Look at Counterfeit ... to obtain a bird's-eye view
of the cuckoo's egg ...



7.Why the Cuckoo Finch Is Called a Brood Parasite

Description:Some of the different types of patterns found in cuckoo finch
eggs, ... Fairy-wren chicks taught secret passwords to thwart dickish
cuckoo ... One cuckoo egg and two ...



8.Can Science Hatch a Better Egg Substitute? : Discovery News

Description:Evolution; Life; Human Videos; ... bird learns its own egg
patterns," lead author P. George Lovell of Abertay University and the
University of St ... common cuckoo egg.



9.Books About Birds: The Evolution of Birds

Description:On this page Books about the evolution of birds. The books on
this page are listed in chronological order with the most recent at the
top.



10.Host Learning as a Defense Against Avian Brood Parasitism

Description:... and bullying to thwart such defenses. Evolution is based
on costs and ... Patterns and coevolutionary consequences of repeated ...
How to detect a cuckoo egg: ...