Selective predation favouring cryptic individuals of marine snails (Littorina)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-144

  Johannesson, Kerstin ^a   Ekendahl, Anette ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird predation; Colour selection; Field experiment; Fish predation; L. saxatilis; Littorina obtusata

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYPSIS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION;

ICELAND;

ALGAE; AVES; GASTROPODA; LITTORINA; LITTORINA OBTUSATA; LITTORINA SAXATILIS;

EID: 0036586430     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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