Constrained camouflage facilitates the evolution of conspicuous warning coloration

Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-45

  Merilaita, Sami ^a   Tullberg, Birgitta S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Artificial neural network; Cryptic coloration; Lepidoptera; Mimicry; Predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APOSEMATISM; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CRYPSIS; EVOLUTION; MIMICRY; PREDATION;

CRYPSIS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 13244255651     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00892.x     Document Type: Article

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