Behaviourally mediated crypsis in two nocturnal moths with contrasting appearance

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1516, 2009, Pages 503-510

  Webster, Richard J ^a   Callahan, Alison ^a   Godin, Jean Guy J ^a   Sherratt, Thomas N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal coloration; Background matching; Camouflage; Disruptive coloration; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CRYPSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; MOTH; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PREDATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ANIMALIA; CATOCALA; EUPHYIA; LARENTIINAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 58249103914     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0215     Document Type: Article

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