The importance of initial protection of conspicuous mutants for the coevolution of defense and aposematic signaling of the defense: A modeling study

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2165-2174

  Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Speed, Michael P ^b   Broom, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Camouflage; Coloration; Evolutionarily stable model; Insects; Secondary defenses; Toxicity; Warning signals

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; COEVOLUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PREDATION; SIGNALING;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548335368     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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