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Cover Image for Cord Blood Hepcidin View Article
Cord Blood Hepcidin
Elizabeth B Brickley, Natasha Spottiswoode, Edward Kabyemela, Robert Morrison, Jonathan D Kurtis, Angela M Wood, Hal Drakesmith, Michal Fried, Patrick E Duffy
Nov 20, 2017
Hepcidin, the master regulator of bioavailable iron, is a key mediator of anemia and also plays a central role in host defense against infection. We hypothesized that measuring hepcidin levels in cord blood could provide an...
Anemia Biomarkers Child Preschool Cohort Studies Cross-Sectional Studies Female Fetal Blood Hepcidins Humans Infant Iron Malaria Male risk Tanzania
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Why and how to apply Weber's Law to coevolution and mimicry
Tanmay Dixit, Eleanor M. Caves, Claire N. Spottiswoode, Nicholas P. C. Horrocks
Jul 02, 2021
Abstract: In mimicry systems, receivers discriminate between the stimuli of models and mimics. Weber's Law of proportional processing states that receiver discrimination is based on proportional, not absolute, differences...
perspective avian brood parasitism coevolution mimicry proportional processing receiver perception stimulus magnitude
Published by: Evolution
Cover Image for Business Model Innovation Through Digital Entrepreneurship View Article
Business Model Innovation Through Digital Entrepreneurship
Natasha Saqib, Gowsia Shah
Jan 01, 2023
Aggregator business network models are quickly becoming critical enablers of digital transformation across various industries and are increasingly active in service start-ups such as online food delivery. With their innovative...
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Business and Management E-Business
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Cover Image for Higher-level pattern features provide additional information to birds when recognizing and rejecting parasitic eggs. View Article
Higher-level pattern features provide additional information to birds when recognizing and rejecting parasitic eggs.
Mary Caswell Stoddard, Benedict G Hogan, Martin Stevens, Claire N Spottiswoode
Jan 21, 2019
Animal coloration avian vision brood parasitism coevolution mimicry pattern recognition Animals Biological Evolution Female Finches host-parasite interactions Nesting Behavior pattern recognition Visual RECOGNITION psychology Songbirds Zambia
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Cover Image for Evidence for aggressive mimicry in an adult brood parasitic bird, and generalized defences in its host. View Article
Evidence for aggressive mimicry in an adult brood parasitic bird, and generalized defences in its host.
WE Feeney, J Troscianko, NE Langmore, CN Spottiswoode
Jun 16, 2015
brood parasite coevolution cuckoo finch egg rejection evolution plumage mimicry Aggression Animals Biological Evolution Biological Mimicry Nesting Behavior Songbirds
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Cover Image for Hot droughts compromise interannual survival across all group sizes in a cooperatively breeding bird. View Article
Hot droughts compromise interannual survival across all group sizes in a cooperatively breeding bird.
Amanda R Bourne, Susan J Cunningham, Claire N Spottiswoode, Amanda R Ridley
Sep 14, 2020
climate change sociality cooperative breeding group size hot drought southern pied babbler unpredictable environments Animals Breeding climate change Droughts Humans Passeriformes
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Cover Image for Why and how to apply Weber's Law to coevolution and mimicry. View Article
Why and how to apply Weber's Law to coevolution and mimicry.
Tanmay Dixit, Eleanor M Caves, Claire N Spottiswoode, Nicholas PC Horrocks
Jun 28, 2021
avian brood parasitism coevolution mimicry proportional processing receiver perception stimulus magnitude
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Cover Image for High temperatures drive offspring mortality in a cooperatively breeding bird. View Article
High temperatures drive offspring mortality in a cooperatively breeding bird.
Amanda R Bourne, Susan J Cunningham, Claire N Spottiswoode, Amanda R Ridley
Jul 21, 2020
climate change cooperative breeding dryland ecology environmental variability southern pied babbler survival of young Animals Birds Breeding climate change Hot Temperature Passeriformes
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Cover Image for Compensatory Breeding in Years Following Drought in a Desert-Dwelling Cooperative Breeder View Article
Compensatory Breeding in Years Following Drought in a Desert-Dwelling Cooperative Breeder
Amanda R. Bourne, Susan J. Cunningham, Claire N. Spottiswoode, Amanda R. Ridley
Jul 14, 2020
Variation in weather patterns can influence reproductive effort and success not only within but also between breeding seasons. Where environmental conditions can be highly variable between years, the weather, and particularly...
Ecology and Evolution climate change compensatory breeding cooperative breeding Drought environmental change southern pied babbler weather
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Cover Image for The sight of an adult brood parasite near the nest is an insufficient cue for a honeyguide host to reject foreign eggs. View Article
The sight of an adult brood parasite near the nest is an insufficient cue for a honeyguide host to reject foreign eggs.
Wenfei Tong, Nicholas PC Horrocks, Claire N Spottiswoode
Jun 16, 2015
brood parasitism egg rejection frontline defences mobbing
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Cover Image for Hosts of avian brood parasites have evolved egg signatures with elevated information content. View Article
Hosts of avian brood parasites have evolved egg signatures with elevated information content.
Eleanor M Caves, Martin Stevens, Edwin S Iversen, Claire N Spottiswoode
Jun 16, 2015
avian vision brood parasitism coevolution Entropy information theory signals Animals Biological Evolution Birds Nesting Behavior Ovum Phenotype Songbirds
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Cover Image for Reciprocal signaling in honeyguide-human mutualism. View Article
Reciprocal signaling in honeyguide-human mutualism.
Claire N Spottiswoode, Keith S Begg, Colleen M Begg
Aug 03, 2016
Animals Bees Birds Cooperative Behavior Honey Human Activities Humans Mozambique Symbiosis Vocalization Animal
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Cover Image for A survey for the Critically Endangered Liben Lark Heteromirafra archeri in Somaliland, north-western Somalia View Article
A survey for the Critically Endangered Liben Lark Heteromirafra archeri in Somaliland, north-western Somalia
MSL Mills, C Cohen, J Francis, CN Spottiswoode
Jun 16, 2015
Archer's Lark Heteromirafra archeri grassland habitat degradation Parthenium hysterophorus Somalia
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Cover Image for Visual complexity of egg patterns predicts egg rejection according to Weber's law. View Article
Visual complexity of egg patterns predicts egg rejection according to Weber's law.
Tanmay Dixit, Andrei L Apostol, Kuan-Chi Chen, Anthony JC Fulford, Christopher P Town, Claire N Spottiswoode
Aug 20, 2022
Visual complexity is ubiquitous in nature. Drivers of complexity include selection in coevolutionary arms races between antagonists. However, the causes and consequences of biological complexity and its perception are largely...
coevolution mimicry receiver perception Weber's law visual complexity avian brood parasitism Ovum Animals Finches Sparrows Parasites Nesting Behavior host-parasite interactions Biological Evolution
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Cover Image for Escape Distance in Ground-Nesting Birds Differs with Individual Level of Camouflage. View Article
Escape Distance in Ground-Nesting Birds Differs with Individual Level of Camouflage.
Jared K Wilson-Aggarwal, Jolyon T Troscianko, Martin Stevens, Claire N Spottiswoode
Apr 08, 2016
Background matching camouflage escape behavior ground-nesting birds incubation Adaptation Physiological Animals Charadriiformes Color Ecosystem Feathers Nesting Behavior Ovum Predatory Behavior Strigiformes Visual Perception Zambia
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Cover Image for Antagonistic effect of helpers on breeding male and female survival in a cooperatively breeding bird. View Article
Antagonistic effect of helpers on breeding male and female survival in a cooperatively breeding bird.
Matthieu Paquet, Claire Doutrelant, Ben J Hatchwell, Claire N Spottiswoode, Rita Covas
Jun 16, 2015
cooperative breeding family conflicts investment life-history strategies sex-specific selection Animals Cooperative Behavior Female longevity Male Reproduction Sexual Behavior Animal Songbirds Sparrows
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Cover Image for Aggressive hosts are undeterred by a cuckoo's hawk mimicry, but probably make good foster parents. View Article
Aggressive hosts are undeterred by a cuckoo's hawk mimicry, but probably make good foster parents.
Mairenn C Attwood, Jess Lund, Chima J Nwaogu, Collins Moya, Claire N Spottiswoode
Jan 04, 2023
evolution RESEARCH ARTICLES brood parasitism coevolution cuckoo mimicry trade-off Aggression
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Cover Image for Improvement of individual camouflage through background choice in ground-nesting birds. View Article
Improvement of individual camouflage through background choice in ground-nesting birds.
Martin Stevens, Jolyon Troscianko, Jared K Wilson-Aggarwal, Claire N Spottiswoode
Jan 07, 2021
Animal camouflage is a longstanding example of adaptation. Much research has tested how camouflage prevents detection and recognition, largely focusing on changes to an animal's own appearance over evolution. However, animals...
animal behaviour Animal coloration anti-predator Birds camouflage predation
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Cover Image for Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Hospital Workers in a Tertiary Care Referral Centre View Article
Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Hospital Workers in a Tertiary Care Referral Centre
Natasha Sawhney, Sonia Mehta, Pottathil Shinu, Varsha A. Singh
Oct 10, 2015
According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people in the world are latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.The goal of testing for latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is to identify persons...
latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection purified protein derivative
Published by: IJHS Medical Association
Cover Image for Does coevolution with a shared parasite drive hosts to partition their defences among species? View Article
Does coevolution with a shared parasite drive hosts to partition their defences among species?
EM Caves, M Stevens, CN Spottiswoode
Aug 25, 2017
brood parasitism Colour mimicry co-evolution phenotypic space
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Cover Image for Why Do Migratory Birds Sing on Their Tropical Wintering Grounds? View Article
Why Do Migratory Birds Sing on Their Tropical Wintering Grounds?
Marjorie C Sorensen, Susanne Jenni-Eiermann, Claire N Spottiswoode
Aug 14, 2015
Palearctic-African migrants great reed warbler nonbreeding song function winter Acoustic Stimulation Animals Seasons Songbirds Telemetry Territoriality Testosterone Vocalization Animal Zambia
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Cover Image for Seasonal rainfall at long-term migratory staging sites is associated with altered carry-over effects in a Palearctic-African migratory bird. View Article
Seasonal rainfall at long-term migratory staging sites is associated with altered carry-over effects in a Palearctic-African migratory bird.
Marjorie C Sorensen, Graham D Fairhurst, Susanne Jenni-Eiermann, Jason Newton, Elizabeth Yohannes, Claire N Spottiswoode
Oct 13, 2016
Great reed warblers Long-term staging Migration Plasma metabolites stable isotopes Animal Migration Animals Ecosystem Female Male Population Dynamics Rain Seasons Songbirds
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Cover Image for Visual complexity of egg patterns predicts egg rejection according to Weber's law View Article
Visual complexity of egg patterns predicts egg rejection according to Weber's law
Tanmay Dixit, Andrei L Apostol, Kuan-Chi Chen, Anthony JC Fulford, Christopher P Town, Claire N Spottiswoode
Jul 14, 2022
evolution RESEARCH ARTICLES coevolution visual complexity avian brood parasitism Weber's law receiver perception mimicry
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Cover Image for Vive la difference! Self/non-self recognition and the evolution of signatures of identity in arms races with parasites. View Article
Vive la difference! Self/non-self recognition and the evolution of signatures of identity in arms races with parasites.
Claire N Spottiswoode, Robert Busch
Jan 21, 2019
T-cell antigen presentation avian egg pattern diversification brood parasites host/parasite arms races Major Histocompatibility Complex negative frequency-dependent selection Animals Antigens Biological Coevolution Birds host-parasite interactions Major Histocompatibility Complex Nesting Behavior Ovum RECOGNITION psychology
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Cover Image for Dehydration risk is associated with reduced nest attendance and hatching success in a cooperatively breeding bird, the southern pied babbler Turdoides bicolor. View Article
Dehydration risk is associated with reduced nest attendance and hatching success in a cooperatively breeding bird, the southern pied babbler Turdoides bicolor.
Amanda R Bourne, Amanda R Ridley, Andrew E McKechnie, Claire N Spottiswoode, Susan J Cunningham
May 21, 2021
climate change cooperative breeding high temperatures incubation parental care southern pied babbler
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