Alternative prey can change model-mimic dynamics between parasitism and mutualism

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1068-1076

  Kokko, Hanna ^a,b   Mappes, Johanna ^a   Lindström, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Avoidance learning; M llerian mimicry; Mutualism; Quasi Batesian mimicry; Warning colours

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MIMICRY; MUTUALISM; PARASITISM; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 0346186107     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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