Warning signals evolve to disengage batesian mimics

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 256-267

  Franks, Daniel W ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b   Sherratt, Thomas N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipredatory traits; Aposematism; Batesian mimicry; Conspicuousness; Warning signals

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; EVOLUTION; MIMICRY; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 58249117757     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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