Disentangling taste and toxicity in aposematic prey

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1753, 2013, Pages

  Holen, Øistein Haugsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Automimicry; Batesian mimicry; Predation; Taste rejection; Toxin

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; DIET; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INGESTION RATE; MIMICRY; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; TASTE; TOXIN;

EID: 84872184297     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2588     Document Type: Article

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