Towards a historization of aposematism

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-212

  Härlin, Carina ^a   Härlin, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Crypsis; Event based explanations; Evolution; Mimicry; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; CRYPSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MIMICRY; PHYLOGENY;

CRYPSIS;

EID: 0038670601     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023047930360     Document Type: Review

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