supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31071938 and 31272328 to WL,31101646 and 31260514 to CY);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-10-0111 to WL);the United Foundation for Natural Science of National Natural Science Foundation of China and People's Government of Guangdong Province(U0833005 to ZZ)
Rates of brood parasitism vary extensively among host species and populations of a single host species. In this study, we documented and compared parasitism rates of two sympatric hosts, the Oriental Reed Warbler (Ac...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31071938 and 31272328 to WL, 31101646 and 31260514 to CY);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0111 to WL);Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 212136 to CY)
Polymorphism in egg coloration is prominent in the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) and a common host, the Ashy-throated Parrotbill (Paradoxornis alphonsianus). Egg polymorphism has probably evolved as a consequence of...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.31071938 to AA,BGS and WL,31272328 to WL,31101646 and 31260514 to CY);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0111 to WL);BGS and FF were funded by the Research Council of Norway (218144)
Brood parasitic birds constitute a model system for the study of coevolution.Such parasites are unique by having evolved unusually thick eggshells for their body size.ick eggshells have been hypothesized to evolve as ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31071938, 31101646);the Key Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 212136);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-10-0111)
Interaction between a parasite and its host could lead to a co-evolutionary arms race. Cuckoo-host system is among the most studied of all brood parasite systems, but the cuckoos of Asia, on the other hand, are much l...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31071938, 31101646);Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (No. 212136);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (20110490967);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-10-0111)
In this exposé we provide the first review of host use by brood parasitic cuckoos in a multiple-cuckoo system in China, based on our own long-term field data and a compilation of observations obtained from the litera...