Context-dependent discrimination and the evolution of mimicry

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 377-389

  Holen, Øistein Haugsten ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressive mimicry; Batesian mimicry; Conditional strategies; Context dependent discrimination; Predation; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MIMICRY; SYNCHRONY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CUES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645548168     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499567     Document Type: Article

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