Predator dependent mimetic complexes: Do passerine birds avoid Central European red-and-black Heteroptera?

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-355

  Hotová Svádová, kateřina ^a   Exnerová, Alice ^a   Kopečková, Michala ^a   Štys, Pavel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Avian predators; Heteroptera; Mimetic complex; True bugs

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; INSECT; PASSERINE; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION;

AVES; EMBERIZA CITRINELLA; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; GRAPHOSOMA LINEATUM; HETEROPTERA; LYGAEUS EQUESTRIS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS; SPILOSTETHUS; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 77956414657     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.044     Document Type: Article

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