Are gregarious red-black shieldbugs, Graphosoma lineatum (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), really aposematic? An experimental approach

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 881-890

  Veselý, Petr ^a   Veselá, Silvie ^a   Fuchs, Roman ^a   Zrzavý, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Disruptive coloration; Parus caeruleus; Parus major; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

AVES; GRAPHOSOMA LINEATUM; HEMIPTERA; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PENTATOMIDAE;

EID: 33746520665     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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