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Yan Cai
Researcher at Hainan Normal University
Publications - 20
Citations - 385
Yan Cai is an academic researcher from Hainan Normal University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brood parasite & Biology. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications receiving 338 citations.
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Coevolution in Action: Disruptive Selection on Egg Colour in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Host
Chanchao Yang,Chanchao Yang,Wei Liang,Yan Cai,Suhua Shi,Fugo Takasu,Anders Pape Møller,Anton Antonov,Frode Fossøy,Arne Moksnes,Eivin Røskaft,Bård G. Stokke +11 more
TL;DR: The parrotbill-cuckoo system constitutes a clear outcome of disruptive selection on both host and parasite egg phenotypes driven by coevolution, due to the cost of parasitism in the host and by host defences in the parasite.
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Diversity of parasitic cuckoos and their hosts in China
Canchao Yang,Wei Liang,Anton Antonov,Yan Cai,Bård G. Stokke,Frode Fossøy,Arne Moksnes,Eivin Røskaft +7 more
TL;DR: The first review of host use by brood parasitic cuckoos in a multiple-cuckoo system in China is provided, based on its own long-term field data and a compilation of observations obtained from the literature.
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Extreme levels of hunting of birds in a remote village of Hainan Island, China.
Wei Liang,Yan Cai,Canchao Yang +2 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated bird hunting and trade in Nanmao, a remote mountainous village of Hainan Island, China, during March-July 2003 and September-October 2005.
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Host selection in parasitic birds: are open-cup nesting insectivorous passerines always suitable cuckoo hosts?
Canchao Yang,Bård G. Stokke,Anton Antonov,Yan Cai,Suhua Shi,Arne Moksnes,Eivin Røskaft,Anders Pape Møller,Wei Liang,Tomáš Grim +9 more
TL;DR: It is shown for the first time that a previously not studied but seemingly suitable host species escapes brood parasites, raising an important cautionary tale for comparative studies and the interpretation of apparent host rejection of parasitic chicks.
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Large Hawk‐Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides parasitism on the Chinese Babax Babax lanceolatus may be an evolutionarily recent host–parasite system
Canchao Yang,Canchao Yang,Anton Antonov,Yan Cai,Bård G. Stokke,Arne Moksnes,Eivin Røskaft,Wei Liang +7 more
TL;DR: The Large Hawk-Cuckoo laid immaculate white egg that appeared non-mimetic to the blue Babax eggs, suggesting that this host–parasite system may beevolutionarily recent.