Can aposematic signals evolve by gradual change?

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6716, 1999, Pages 249-251

  Lindström, Leena ^a   Alatalo, Rauno V ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a   Riipi, Marianna ^a   Vertainen, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EVOLUTION; PALATABILITY; PREDATION RISK; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIRD; EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 0033590510     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16692     Document Type: Article

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