Predator cognition permits imperfect coral snake mimicry

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 830-834

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Batesian mimicry; Color pattern; Coral snake; Predation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COGNITION; COLOR MORPH; MIMICRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR; SNAKE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; PREDATION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COLOR; COLUBRIDAE; ELAPIDAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LAMPROPELTIS; LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM ELAPSOIDES; MICRURUS; MICRURUS FULVIUS;

EID: 78649704342     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657041     Document Type: Article

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