Shunning the night to elude the hunter: Diurnal fireflies and the "femmes fatales"

Chemoecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-43

  Gronquist, Matthew ^a   Schroeder, Frank C ^b   Ghiradella, Helen ^c   Hill, David ^d   McCoy, Erin M ^a   Meinwald, Jerrold ^b   Eisner, Thomas ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive mimicry; Bioluminescence; Chemical defense; Co evolution; Lucibufagins

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ATRA; AVES; LAMPYRIDAE; LUCIDOTA; PHOTINUS; PHOTURIS;

EID: 33644766083     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-005-0325-5     Document Type: Article

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