2024
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11063
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Oriental reed warblers retain strong egg recognition abilities during the nestling stage

Laikun Ma,
Wei Liu,
Peng Pan
et al.

Abstract: Egg recognition and rejection are the most common and effective anti‐parasitic strategies against avian brood parasitism in terms of maintaining stability over time and plasticity in response to environmental cues. Conversely, parasites have evolved multiple counter‐adaptations to the anti‐parasitic defenses of hosts. Among them, the crypsis hypothesis suggests that eggs that appear more cryptic in color and are closely matched to the environment are helping to counter the egg recognition strategy of the host.… Show more

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