Diversification of honest signals in a predator-prey system

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 744-753

  Speed, Michael P ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^b   Blount, Jon D ^c   Stephens, Philip A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Communication; Honesty; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator; Prey; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

TOXIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953951466     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01469.x     Document Type: Article

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