Reactions of hand-reared and wild-caught predators toward warningly colored, gregarious, and conspicuous prey

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-322

  Lindström, Leena ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Aposematism; Color preference; Conspicuousness; Gregariousness; Inherited avoidance; Warning colors

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; AVOIDANCE REACTION; COLOR; PREDATOR; WARNING SYSTEM;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0032970309     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.3.317     Document Type: Article

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