Protective polymorphism in populations of computer-simulated moth-like prey

Oikos

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 565-571

  Glanville, Philip W ^a   Allen, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR PATTERN; CRYPSIS; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0031460844     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546630     Document Type: Article

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