Present address:

Dept. of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
E-mail: banm_at_vocs.unideb.hu

Research interests:

The main topic is:
Cuckoo - host coevolution and arms race

Other interest:
Evolutionary psychology, social networks, cooperation

Selected publications:

Discordancy or template-based recognition? Dissecting the cognitive basis of the rejection of foreign eggs in hosts of avian brood parasites (2010)
Csaba Moskát, Miklós Bán, Tamás Székely, Jan Komdeur, Rim W. G. Lucassen, Lotte A. van Boheemen and Márk E. Hauber
The Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 1976-1983

Eggshell characteristics and yolk composition in the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus: are they adapted to brood parasitism? (2010)
Rita Hargitai, Csaba Moskát, Miklós Bán, Diego Gil, Isabel Lopez-Rull and Emese Solymos
Journal of Avian Biology, 41: 177-185

Egg Eviction Imposes a Recoverable Cost of Virulence in Chicks of a Brood Parasite
Michael G. Anderson, Csaba Moskát, Miklós Bán, Tomas Grim, Phillip Cassey, Mark E. Hauber (2009)
PLoS One

Increased host tolerance of multiple cuckoo eggs leads to higher fledging success of the brood parasite (2009)
Csaba Moskat, Mark E. Hauber, Jesus M. Aviles, Miklos Ban, Rita Hargitai, Marcel Honza
Animal Behaviour 77: 1281-1290 pdf

Common Cuckoos (Cuculus Canorus) do not rely on indicators of parental abilities when searching for host nests: the importance of host defenses (2009)
Jesús M. Avilés, Csaba Moskát, Miklós Bán, Rita Hargitai and Deseada Parejo
The Auk 126(2):431-438 pdf

Experimental support for the use of egg uniformity in parasite egg discrimination by cuckoo hosts. (2008)
Moskát, C., Avilés, J.M., Bán, M., Hargitai, R. and Zölei, A.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. DOI 10.1007/s00265-008-0618-0 pdf

A comparison of egg shape in Cuckoos and their hosts (2007)
Bán, Miklós, Barta, Zoltán, Moskát, Csaba, Takasu, Fugo, Munoz, Roman, Nakamura, Hiroshi
6th European Ornithologists' Union Conference, Vienna, Austria

Experimental shift in hosts acceptance threshold of inaccurate-mimic brood parasite eggs (2006)
Márk E. Hauber, Csaba Moskát and Miklós Bán
Biology Letters 2(2): 177-180. pdf

Heavy cuckoo parasitism on the great reed warbler in Hungary: How can hosts survive? (2005)
C. Moskát, M. Bán, I. Bártol, L. Barabás
XXIX. Inernational Ethological Conference, Budapest, Hungary

Tojásparaméterek mérése és számolása fényképekről
Bán Miklós, Barta Zoltán
VII. Magyar Biometriai és Biomatematikai Konferencia, Budapest Hungary 2005

Egg shape mimicry in Common Cuckoo (2004)
Z. Barta, C. Moskát, M. Bán, F. Takasu, R. Munoz, H. Nakamura
Avian Brood Parasitism satellite meeting, Nagano, Japan

Tér-időbeli struktura és költési siker egy varjútelepen (2004)
Feró Orsolya, Bán Miklós és Barta Zoltán
Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi Egyesület VI. Tudományos Ülése, Debrecen, Hungary

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