Being conspicuous and defended: Selective benefits for the individual

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1012-1017

  Halpin, Christina G ^a   Skelhorn, John ^a   Rowe, Candy ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Avoidance learning; Color bias; Predation; Receiver psychology; Taste rejection; Warning signal

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; KIN SELECTION; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 51749083754     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn069     Document Type: Article

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