Publications

Alec B. Luro, Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Patrice Baumhardt, Mark E. Hauber (2020). Visual acuity and egg spatial chromatic contrast predict egg rejection behavior of American robins. J Exp Biol.

C. Scott Clem, Taylor M. Sparbanie, Alec B. Luro, Alexandra N. Harmon-Threatt (2020). Can anthophilous hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) discriminate neonicotinoid insecticides in sucrose solution?. PLoS ONE.

Alec B. Luro, Mark E. Hauber (2020). The ecological context and fitness impact of categorical perception: a comment on Green et al.. Beh Eco.

Alec B. Luro, Mark E. Hauber (2020). Avian diet and foraging ecology constrain foreign egg recognition and rejection. Avian Biol Res.

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Mark E. Hauber, M. Dainson, Alec B. Luro, A.A. Louder, D. Hanley (2019). When are egg-rejection cues perceived? A test using thermochromic eggs in an avian brood parasite host. Anim Cogn.

Mark E. Hauber, A. Bond, A.L. Kouwenberg, G.J. Robertson, E.S. Hansen, M. Holford, M. Dainson, Alec B. Luro, J. Dale (2019). The chemical basis of a signal of individual identity: shell pigment concentrations track the unique appearance of Common Murre eggs.. J R Soc Interface.

Mark E. Hauber, Alec Luro, C.J. McCarty, K. Barateli, P.Cassey, E.S. Hansen, J. Dale (2019). Interannual repeatability of eggshell phenotype in individual female Common Murres (Uria aalge). Can J Zool.

Alec B. Luro, B. Igic, R. Croston, A.V. Lopez, M.D. Shawkey, Mark E. Hauber (2018). Which egg features predict egg rejection responses in American robins? Replicating Rothstein’s (1982) study. Ecology and Evolution.

Alec B. Luro, Mark E. Hauber (2017). A test of the nest sanitation hypothesis for the evolution of foreign egg rejection in an avian brood parasite rejecter host species. The Science of Nature.