Is the evolution of inaccurate mimicry a result of selection by a suite of predators? a case study using myrmecomorphic spiders

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-134

  Pekár, Stano ^a   Jarab, Martin ^a   Fromhage, Lutz ^b   Herberstein, Marie E ^c  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araneae; Araneophagy; Batesian mimicry; Inaccurate mimics; Myrmecophagy; Secondary defenses

Indexed keywords

ANT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SHAPE; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROHABITAT; MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPIDER; VISION;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; COLOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLOR; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPIDERS; SYMBIOSIS;

ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79959286065     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660287     Document Type: Article

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