Aposematism and the handicap principle

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 629-641

  Holen, Øistein Haugsten ^a   Svennungsen, Thomas Owens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Auto mimicry; Conspicuousness; Honest signal; Pooling equilibrium; Secondary defense; Taste rejection; Warning coloration

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; CRYPSIS; GAME THEORY; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; MIMICRY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIGNALING; TASTE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GAME; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84867709255     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667890     Document Type: Article

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