Responses of great tits Parus major to small tortoiseshells Aglais urticae in feeding trials; evidence of aposematism

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-509

  Hagen, Snorre B ^a   Leinaas, Hans Petter ^a   Lampe, Helene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aglais urticae; Aposematism; Palatability; Warning colouration

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; MOTH; PALATABILITY; PASSERINE;

AGLAIS URTICAE; AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PARIDAE; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; URTICAE;

EID: 0042073126     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00522.x     Document Type: Article

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