Evidence for the higher importance of signal size over body size in aposematic signaling in insects

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Remmel, Triinu ^a   Tammarub, Toomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

life history; predation; signal strength

Indexed keywords

AVES; HEXAPODA; PARIDAE; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOGISTIC MODELS; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79955506240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.011.0104     Document Type: Article

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