Avian predators attack aposematic prey more forcefully when they are part of an aggregation

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 488-490

  Skelhorn, John ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Insects; Receiver psychology

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; BIRD; INSECT; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33845579359     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0522     Document Type: Article

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