Apostatic selection by blue jays produces balanced polymorphism in virtual prey

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6702, 1998, Pages 594-596

  Bond, Alan B ^a,b   Kamil, Alan C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b Nebraska Behavioral Biology Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODEL; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIGITAL COMPUTER; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATOCALA; CYANOCITTA CRISTATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0032497543     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/26961     Document Type: Article

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