Benefit by contrast: An experiment with live aposematic prey

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 768-772

  Gamberale Stille, G ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Avoidance learning; Defense; Foraging behavior; Heteroptera; Lygaeidae; Predation; Signal intensity; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; AVOIDANCE REACTION; COLOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ARENA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HETEROPTERA; LYGAEIDAE;

EID: 0035670006     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/12.6.768     Document Type: Article

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