title: Evolutionary biology: arms races in the eye of the beholder.
abstract: Perceptual models of the avian visual system accurately predict the egg-rejection ability of species subject to the costly trickery of cuckoos and other brood parasites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA. Rebecca.Safran@Colorado.edu
authors.forename: Rebecca J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Safran
authors.forename: Maren N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Vitousek
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology*; D003116:Color; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D009425:Nesting Behavior; D010063:Ovum; D013045:Species Specificity