Does predation maintain eyespot plasticity in Bicyclus anynana?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1536, 2004, Pages 279-283

  Lyytinen, Anne ^a   Brakefield, Paul M ^b   Lindström, Leena ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crypsis; Defence mechanism; Eyespots; Naive predator; Wing patterns

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CRYPSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON;

AVES; BICYCLUS; BICYCLUS ANYNANA; CRYPSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 1042302713     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2571     Document Type: Article

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