Selective bird predation on the peppered moth: The last experiment of Michael Majerus

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 609-612

  Cook, L M ^a   Grant, B S ^b   Saccheri, I J ^c   Mallet, J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic coloration; Ecological genetics; Insectivorous birds; Lepidoptera; Melanism; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; BIRD; COLOR MORPH; INSECTIVORE; MELANISM; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; BISTON BETULARIA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84863631348     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1136     Document Type: Article

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