Reactions of passerine birds to aposematic and non-aposematic firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus; Heteroptera)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-525

  Exnerová, Alice ^a   Landová, Eva ^a   Štys, Pavel ^a   Fuchs, Roman ^b   Prokopová, Milena ^b   Cehláriková, Petra ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antipredator defence; Passeriformes; Predator; Prey; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; INSECT; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WARNING SYSTEM;

AEGITHALIDAE; AEGITHALOS; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS; AVES; CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CHLORIS; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; ERITHACUS; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; FRINGILLA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; FRINGILLIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS; SYLVIA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TURDUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0037391221     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0024-4066.2002.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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