• DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.034
Corpus ID: 10357373

Co-evolution: A Behavioral ‘Spam Filter’ to Prevent Nest Parasitism

@article{Wheatcroft2009CoevolutionAB,
  title={Co-evolution: A Behavioral ‘Spam Filter’ to Prevent Nest Parasitism},
  author={D. Wheatcroft},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2009},
  volume={19},
  pages={R170-R171}
}

• D. Wheatcroft
• Published 2009
• Biology, Medicine
• Current Biology

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A series of recent studies on nest parasitism shows that, in addition to rejection of foreign eggs, host birds also use mobbing behavior to prevent cuckoos from laying eggs in the first place, which has likely led to two interrelated co-evolutionary arms races between cuckoos and their hosts.