Aposematic coloration, luminance contrast, and the benefits of conspicuousness

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-46

  Prudic, Kathleen L ^a,b   Skemp, Ana K ^a   Papaj, Daniel R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect vision; Mantid; Predation; Tenodera aridifolia sinensis; Warning display

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; BLINDNESS; INSECT; MEMORY; PIGMENT; PREDATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MANTIDAE; ONCOPELTUS FASCIATUS; TENODERA ARIDIFOLIA;

EID: 33845880117     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl046     Document Type: Article

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