We would like to thank the Forestry Department of Guizhou Province and the Kuankuoshui National Nature Reserve for support and permission to carry out this study,and Y.Cai for assistance with fieldwork.This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(no.31272328 and 31472013 to WL,31260514 to CY and 31301875 to YL);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET13-0761);the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education(No.212136);the Program of International S&T Cooperation(KJHZ2013-12)to CY.We declare that all authors have no conflict of interest.
Mutual interaction between brood parasites and their hosts is a well-known model system for studying host-parasite coevolution.Both parties have acted reciprocally,resembling an evolutionary arms race,in which adaptat...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(nos.31071938,31272328 and 31472013 to WL,and 31260514 to CY);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET-13-0761);the Key Project of the Chinese Ministry of Education(no.212136);the Program of International S&T Cooperation(KJHZ2013-12)to CY
The coevolutionary interaction between cuckoos and their hosts has been studied for a long time, but to date some puzzles still remain unsolved. Whether cuckoos parasitize their hosts by laying eggs randomly or matchi...
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 ...