High-model abundance may permit the gradual evolution of Batesian mimicry: An experimental test

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1684, 2010, Pages 1041-1048

  Kikuchi, David W ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Batesian mimicry; Colour pattern; Coral snake mimicry; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COLOR; CRYPSIS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIMICRY; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; SNAKE;

ANTHOZOA; LAMPROPELTIS; LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM ELAPSOIDES; MICRURUS; MICRURUS FULVIUS;

EID: 77950787446     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2000     Document Type: Article

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