For many hosts of brood-parasitic birds, their frontline of defence is to mob adult parasites that approach the nest. Mobbing is commonly interpreted as an adaptation to prevent the parasite from laying, although to date ...

Sexual dimorphism in birds may be expressed as differences in body size, plumage, color and/or behavior. Many species are monomorphic in color, making sex determination difficult in the field. An example of the latter are ...

Obligate avian brood parasites lay their eggs in nests of other host species, which assume all the costs of parental care for the foreign eggs and chicks. The most common defensive response to parasitism is the rejection ...

This article examines three issues that need to be addressed in introducing new styles of teaching, namely, culture and curriculum reform, the use of foreign research in teacher education, and the kind of personality ...

Obligate brood parasitic birds, such as cowbirds, evade parental care duties by laying their eggs in the nests of other species. Cowbirds are assumed to avoid laying repeatedly in the same nest so as to prevent intrabrood ...

The translation studies field has been receiving a significant amount of attention in the past decades, especially for the globalization factor that exploded after the advent of the digital era. Thus, a relevant number ...

The translation studies field has been receiving a significant amount of attention in the past decades, especially for the globalization factor that exploded after the advent of the digital era. Thus, a relevant number ...