Density-dependent aposematism in the desert locust

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1438, 2000, Pages 63-68

  Sword, Gregory A ^a,d   Simpson, Stephen J ^a   El Hadi, Ould Taleb M ^b   Wilps, Hans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b The Mauritanian National Desert Locust Centre: Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne   (Mauritania)

^c Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthodactylus dumerili; Colour change; Desert locust; Hyoscyamus muticus; Schistocerca gregaria; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; COLOR; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIGNAL;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVERSION; DESERT; LEARNING; LIZARD; LOCUST; MIGRATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHODACTYLUS; ACANTHODACTYLUS DUMERILI; ACRIDIDAE; HYOSCYAMUS MUTICUS; LACERTIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SOLANACEAE; SQUAMATA; UMA;

EID: 0034614633     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0967     Document Type: Article

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