Facultative mimicry: Cues for colour change and colour accuracy in a coral reef fish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1631, 2008, Pages 117-122

  Cheney, Karen L ^a   Grutter, Alexandra S ^a   Marshall, N Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggressive mimicry; Cleaner wrasse; Coral reef fish; Dynamic mimicry; Signal accuracy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVOIDANCE REACTION; COLOR; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; JUVENILE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIMICRY; PERCIFORM; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; FISH; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PLAGIOTREMUS RHINORHYNCHOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CEPHALOPODA; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; PLAGIOTREMUS RHINORHYNCHOS;

EID: 36448956056     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0966     Document Type: Article

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