Periodic Reporting for period 1 - WEAVERBIRD_DEFENCE (Unravelling an extended phenotype: sexual selection and the evolution of nest architecture in weaverbird defence against brood parasitism)

Why is nature so diverse? In the natural world, the same problems recur but nature’s solutions manifest in strikingly different forms. As evolutionary biologists, we are interested in understanding the processes and mechanisms that lead to this variation. And increasingly...