The Value of Artificial Stimuli in Behavioral Research: Making the Case for Egg Rejection Studies in Avian Brood Parasitism

No abstract is available for this paper.

• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Ethology

• Publication date

  2015-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/ETH.12359
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• The Limits of Artificial Stimuli in Behavioral Research: The Umwelt Gamble

  2015cited by this paper
• The repeatability of avian egg ejection behaviors across different temporal scales, breeding stages, female ages and experiences

  2014cited by this paper
• How to Spot a Stranger's Egg? A Mimicry-Specific Discordancy Effect in the Recognition of Parasitic Eggs

  2014influential reference
• The evolutionary causes of egg rejection in European thrushes (Turdusspp.): a reply to M. Soler

  2014cited by this paper
• Life-history theory predicts host behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism

  2014cited by this paper
• Naïve hosts of avian brood parasites accept foreign eggs, whereas older hosts fine-tune foreign egg discrimination during laying

  2014influential reference
• Spectral tuning and perceptual differences do not explain the rejection of brood parasitic eggs by American robins (Turdus migratorius)

  2014cited by this paper
• Tribute to Tinbergen: The Four Problems of Biology. A Critical Appraisal

  2014cited by this paper
• Revealed by conspicuousness: distractive markings reduce camouflage

  2013cited by this paper
• Repeated targeting of the same hosts by a brood parasite compromises host egg rejection

  2013cited by this paper
• Simultaneous viewing of own and parasitic eggs is not required for egg rejection by a cuckoo host

  2013influential reference
• Different recognition cues reveal the decision rules used for egg rejection by hosts of a variably mimetic avian brood parasite

  2012cited by this paper
• A shared chemical basis of avian host–parasite egg colour mimicry

  2012cited by this paper
• Host-Parasite Arms Races and Rapid Changes in Bird Egg Appearance

  2012cited by this paper
• Constraints on host choice: why do parasitic birds rarely exploit some common potential hosts?

  2011cited by this paper
• AVIAN VISION AND THE EVOLUTION OF EGG COLOR MIMICRY IN THE COMMON CUCKOO

  2011cited by this paper
• Nest sanitation in passerine birds: implications for egg rejection in hosts of brood parasites

  2011cited by this paper
• How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut

  2011cited by this paper
• Repeatability of Foreign Egg Rejection: Testing the Assumptions of Co-Evolutionary Theory

  2011cited by this paper
• Eggshell blue-green colouration fades immediately after oviposition: a cautionary note about measuring natural egg colours

  2011cited by this paper
• Sexual selection: a dynamic state of affairs. Response to the comments of Cornwallis and Uller in the article: towards an evolutionary ecology of sexual traits.

  2010cited by this paper
• Avian colour perception predicts behavioural responses to experimental brood parasitism in chaffinches

  2010influential reference
• Impact of time since collection on avian eggshell color: a comparison of museum and fresh egg specimens

  2010cited by this paper
• On aims and methods of Ethology

  2010cited by this paper
• Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs

  2010cited by this paper
• Evidence for egg discrimination preceding failed rejection attempts in a small cuckoo host

  2009cited by this paper
• The modelling of avian visual perception predicts behavioural rejection responses to foreign egg colours

  2008cited by this paper
• Differential ejection of cowbird eggs and non-mimetic eggs by grassland Passerines

  2008cited by this paper
• Egg colour mimicry in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus as revealed by modelling host retinal function

  2008cited by this paper
• Can prey exhibit threat-sensitive generalization of predator recognition? Extending the Predator Recognition Continuum Hypothesis

  2008cited by this paper
• Equal rights for chick brood parasites

  2007cited by this paper
• Ultraviolet and green parts of the colour spectrum affect egg rejection in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

  2007influential reference
• RESPONSES OF PARASITIZED AND UNPARASITIZED COMMON REDSTART (PHOENICURUS PHOENICURUS) POPULATIONS AGAINST ARTIFICIAL CUCKOO PARASITISM

  2006cited by this paper
• Ultraviolet reflectance of great spotted cuckoo eggs and egg discrimination by magpies

  2006cited by this paper
• Visual signals of individual identity in the wasp Polistes fuscatus

  2002cited by this paper
• Responses of great reed warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus to experimental brood parasitism: the effects of a cuckoo Cuculus canorus dummy and egg mimicry

  2002cited by this paper
• The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus and its cavity nesting host, the redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus: a peculiar cuckoo‐host system?

  2002cited by this paper
• Does egg colour affect predation rate on open passerine nests?

  2001cited by this paper
• Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats

  2000cited by this paper
• Rejection of cuckoo eggs in relation to host age: a possible evolutionary equilibrium

  1992cited by this paper
• AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CO-EVOLUTION BETWEEN THE CUCKOO, CUCULUS CANORUS, AND ITS HOSTS. I. HOST EGG DISCRIMINATION

  1989cited by this paper
• Mechanisms of avian egg recognition: Which egg parameters elicit responses by rejecter species?

  1982cited by this paper
• Egg Shell Removal By the Black-Headed Gull, Larus Ridibundus L.; a Behaviour Component of Camouflage

  1962cited by this paper
• The Study of Instinct

  1953cited by this paper
• The Study of Instinct

  1952cited by this paper
• Scientific Books: The Cowbirds, a Study in the Biology of Social Parasitism

  year unknowncited by this paper

• Geographical Variation in Egg Rejection by Azure‐Winged Magpies (Cyanopica cyanus) Across China

  2025cites this paper
• Recognition and rejection of foreign eggs of different colors in Barn Swallows

  2024cites this paper
• Brood parasitism and egg recognition in three bunting hosts of the cuckoos

  2023cites this paper
• Defense behavior of two closely related but geographically distant host species against cuckoo parasitism: A next test for the parallel coevolution

  2023cites this paper
• Group orientation and social order versus disorder: Perspective of outsiders toward experimental chains of social hermit crabs

  2023cites this paper
• Experimental evidence that adult UV/yellow colouration functions as a signal in blue tit families — but only for parents

  2022cites this paper
• The ghosts of parasitism past: lingering frontline anti-brood parasite defenses in a former host

  2021cites this paper
• The Perceptual and Cognitive Processes That Govern Egg Rejection in Hosts of Avian Brood Parasites

  2021cites this paper
• A Meta-Analysis of Avian Egg Traits Cueing Egg-Rejection Defenses Against Brood Parasitism

  2021cites this paper
• Do hosts of avian brood parasites discriminate parasitic vs. predatory threats? A meta-analysis

  2021cites this paper
• The American robin ( Turdus migratorius ): A focal species for anti‐parasitic egg rejection studies among hosts of the brown‐headed cowbird ( Molothrus ater )

  2021cites this paper
• The limits of egg recognition: testing acceptance thresholds of American robins in response to decreasingly egg-shaped objects in the nest

  2021cites this paper
• Inter-Individual Variation in Anti-Parasitic Egg Rejection Behavior: A Test of the Maternal Investment Hypothesis

  2020cites this paper
• Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species.

  2020cites this paper
• The blunt pole is not a source of more salient recognition cues than the sharp pole for the rejection of model eggs by American robins (Turdus migratorius)

  2020cites this paper
• Best of a bad job or masters of illusion: Do nest light conditions make the eggs of brood parasitic brown‐headed cowbirds ( Molothrus ater ) more similar to the eggs of their hosts?

  2020cites this paper
• Visual acuity and egg spatial chromatic contrast predict egg rejection behavior of American robins

  2020cites this paper
• Visual acuity and egg spatial chromatic contrast predict egg rejection behavior of American robins

  2020cites this paper
• Cognitive Models of Defense Behaviors in Hosts of Brood Parasites

  2019influential citation
• Multiple parasitism reduces egg rejection in the host (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) of a mimetic avian brood parasite (Cuculus canorus).

  2019cites this paper
• Variation in multicomponent recognition cues alters egg rejection decisions: a test of the optimal acceptance threshold hypothesis

  2019cites this paper
• Interannual repeatability of eggshell phenotype in individual female Common Murres (Uriaaalge)

  2019cites this paper
• The chemical basis of a signal of individual identity: shell pigment concentrations track the unique appearance of Common Murre eggs

  2019cites this paper
• Host Responses to Foreign Eggs across the Avian Visual Color Space

  2019cites this paper
• Anti-parasitic egg rejection by great reed warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) tracks differences along an eggshesll color gradient.

  2019cites this paper
• When are egg-rejection cues perceived? A test using thermochromic eggs in an avian brood parasite host

  2019influential citation
• The Life of Behavior.

  2019cites this paper
• Nest defense and egg recognition in the grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum): defense against interspecific or conspecific brood parasitism?

  2019cites this paper
• Which egg features predict egg rejection responses in American robins? Replicating Rothstein's (1982) study

  2018cites this paper
• The perceptual and chemical bases of egg discrimination in communally nesting greater anis Crotophaga major

  2018cites this paper
• I see your false colours: how artificial stimuli appear to different animal viewers

  2018cites this paper
• Does the House Sparrow Passer domesticus represent a global model species for egg rejection behavior

  2017cites this paper
• Egg discrimination along a gradient of natural variation in eggshell coloration

  2017cites this paper
• Does contrast between eggshell ground and spot coloration affect egg rejection?

  2017cites this paper
• Cognitive Decision Rules for Egg Rejection

  2017cites this paper
• Egg Characteristics Affecting Egg Rejection

  2017cites this paper
• Adaptations of Brood Parasitic Eggs

  2017cites this paper
• A test of the nest sanitation hypothesis for the evolution of foreign egg rejection in an avian brood parasite rejecter host species

  2017cites this paper
• AFRL-AFOSR-VA-TR-2016-0046 CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOMIMCRY OF AVIAN NANOSTRUCTURED TISSUES

  2016cites this paper
• Dynamic egg color mimicry

  2016influential citation
• Geographic variation in egg ejection rate by great tits across 2 continents

  2016cites this paper
• Investigating the nest sanitation hypothesis in a rejecter species: is sanitation a proximate link, pre-adaptation, or by-product of egg ejection?

  2016cites this paper
• Red-crested Cardinals use color and width as cues to reject Shiny Cowbird eggs

  2016cites this paper
• BIOMIMCRY OF AVIAN NANOSTRUCTURED TISSUES

  2016cites this paper
• Experimental evidence for an antipredatory function of egg rejection behaviour in a common host of the brood-parasitic shiny cowbird

  2016cites this paper
• The Limits of Artificial Stimuli in Behavioral Research: The Umwelt Gamble

  2015cites this paper
• Experimental shifts in egg–nest contrasts do not alter egg rejection responses in an avian host–brood parasite system

  2015influential citation
• Now you see it, now you don't: flushing hosts prior to experimentation can predict their responses to brood parasitism

  2015cites this paper
• Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds

  2015cites this paper