The evolution of locomotory behavior in profitable and unprofitable simulated prey

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-150

  Sherratt, Thomas N ^a   Rashed, Arash ^a   Beatty, Christopher D ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Locomotion; Mimicry; Movement; Warning signals

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APOSEMATISM; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; MIMICRY; NATURAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; PREDATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0842267166     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1411-4     Document Type: Article

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