Evolutionarily stable investment in secondary defences

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 836-843

  Broom, M ^a   Speed, M P ^b   Ruxton, G D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automimicry; Evolutionarily Stable Strategy; Levels of defence; Mixed strategy; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; TOXIN;

EID: 33745722644     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.01030.x     Document Type: Review

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