| Title |
Do Male and Female Cowbirds See Their World Differently? Implications for Sex Differences in the Sensory System of an Avian Brood Parasite
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0058985 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Agustin Ojeda, Marcella Deisher, Brianna Burry, Patrice Baumhardt, Amy Stark, Amanda G. Elmore, Amanda L. Ensminger |
| Abstract |
Male and female avian brood parasites are subject to different selection pressures: males compete for mates but do not provide parental care or territories and only females locate hosts to lay eggs. This sex difference may affect brain architecture in some avian brood parasites, but relatively little is known about their sensory systems and behaviors used to obtain sensory information. Our goal was to study the visual resolution and visual information gathering behavior (i.e., scanning) of brown-headed cowbirds. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Norway | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 27% |
| Researcher | 18 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Unknown | 9 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 43 | 54% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 8% |
| Psychology | 5 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |