Competition and the evolution of imperfect mimicry

Current Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 608-619

  Pfennig, David W ^a   Kikuchi, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Batesian mimicry; Character displacement; Hybridization; M llerian mimicry; Reproductive interference; Selective trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863951529     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.4.608     Document Type: Article

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