Multimodal warning signals for a multiple predator world

Nature

Volumn 455, Issue 7209, 2008, Pages 96-99

  Ratcliffe, John M ^a   Nydam, Marie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; BIRD; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPRING (SEASON); ULTRASONICS;

ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECHOLOCATION; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ARCTIIDAE; AVES;

EID: 51349098229     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07087     Document Type: Article

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