Mimicry in hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae): A field test of the competitive mimicry hypothesis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 337-344

  Rashed, Arash ^a,b   Sherratt, Thomas N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Flower visitors; Hoverfly; Mimicry; Wasp

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FLOWER VISITING; FLY; FOOD SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIMICRY; SIGNAL;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 33847625484     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arl089     Document Type: Article

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