The key mimetic features of hoverflies through avian eyes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1621, 2007, Pages 1949-1954

  Bain, Roderick S ^a   Rashed, Arash ^a   Cowper, Verity J ^b   Gilbert, Francis S ^b   Sherratt, Thomas N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm; Hymenoptera; Mimicry; Neural network; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMETRY; EYE; FLY; GAMEBIRD; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; WASP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; FOWL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASP;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; HYMENOPTERA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 34547206705     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0458     Document Type: Article

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