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Is This My Egg? Links Between Brood Parasitism and and Egg Pattern Diversity

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For many avian species, raising young is a very large investment.  Instead of doing it themselves, some birds use a method called brood parasitism, leaving an egg or multiple eggs in a host bird’s nest to be raised there.  This … Continue reading

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Get off my lawn! Aggressive signaling in song sparrows under risk of predation

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Animal communication can come in many forms and can have many different receivers.  Sometimes, however, information is picked up by unintended receivers.  These are referred to as eavesdroppers.  If this eavesdropper is a predator, a sent signal can be quite … Continue reading

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Mixed Signals? Blue Jays (Usually) Know What To Do

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Animals acquire information from their environment in many different ways, one important method being communication with other animals.  This communication is heavily reliant on signaling.  Many of these signals are complex, having multiple components to them.  These signals have often been … Continue reading

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