Notes and comments: The role of predators in maintaining the geographic organization of aposematic signals

American Naturalist

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 810-817

  Chouteau, Mathieu ^a   Angers, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Poison dart frog; Polymorphism; Predation; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ANURA; AVES; DENDROBATIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANURA; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC SELECTION; LEARNING; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIRDS; COLOR; FOOD CHAIN; LEARNING; PERU; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 81355153348     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662667     Document Type: Note

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