Mimicry and masquerade from the avian visual perspective

Current Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 630-648

  Stoddard, Mary Caswell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian vision; Luminance; Masquerade; Mimicry; Pattern; Protective coloration

Indexed keywords

AVES; CUCULIDAE; HEXAPODA; MANTODEA; PAPILIO DARDANUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84863893157     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.4.630     Document Type: Article

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