Conspicuousness is correlated with toxicity in marine opisthobranchs

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1509-1518

  Cortesi, F ^a   Cheney, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aposematic colouration; Marine invertebrates; Nudibranchs; Secondary defences; Visual signalling

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; BIOASSAY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GASTROPOD; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATOR; REEF; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIGNALING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TOXICITY;

INVERTEBRATA; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG MIXTURE; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPOD; METABOLISM; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POISONOUS ANIMAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, POISONOUS; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; COLOR; COMPLEX MIXTURES; ECOSYSTEM; GASTROPODA; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 77954171426     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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