Relative importance of taste and visual appearance for predator education in Müllerian mimicry

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 323-333

  Lindstrom L ^a   Lyytinen, A ^a   Mappes, J ^a   Ojala, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIRD; MIMICRY; PALATABILITY; PREDATOR; PREY SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 33746617880     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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