Trade-off between warning signal efficacy and mating success in the wood tiger moth

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1727, 2012, Pages 257-265

  Nokelainen, Ossi ^a   Hegna, Robert H ^a   Reudler, Joanneke H ^a   Lindstedt, Carita ^a,b   Mappes, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian vision model; Colour polymorphism; Parasemia plantaginis; Predatio; Sexual selection; Warning signaling

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIRD; COLOR MORPH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; MOTH; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WARNING SYSTEM;

FINLAND;

EID: 82955240684     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0880     Document Type: Article

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