Evolution of larval gregariousness in relation to repellent defences and warning coloration in tree-feeding Macrolepidoptera: A phylogenetic analysis based on independent contrasts

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 253-276

  Tullberg, Birgitta S ^a   Hunter, A F ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast analysis; Discrete characters; Gregariousness aposematism; Phytogenies; Repellent defence; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544378539     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb00312.x     Document Type: Article

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