The dual benefits of aposematism: Predator avoidance and enhanced resource collection

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1622-1633

  Speed, Michael P ^a,b   Brockhurst, Michael A ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Key innovation; Life history; Niche; Predator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; APOSEMATISM; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NICHE; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, GENETIC; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953893280     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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