The coevolution theory of autumn colours

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1545, 2004, Pages 1219-1223

  Archetti, Marco ^a   Brown, Sam P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autumn colours; Biological signalling; Coevolution; Evolution; Trees

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

AUTUMN; COEVOLUTION; COLOR; EVOLUTION; INSECT;

AUTUMN; COEVOLUTION; COLOR VISION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE MIGRATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WINTER;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 2942708206     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2728     Document Type: Review

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