Can the dietary conservatism of predators compensate for positive frequency dependent selection against rare, conspicuous prey?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 737-749

  Marples, Nicola M ^a   Mappes, Johanna ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Bird; Dietary conservatism; Evolution; Frequency dependent selection

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84876324701     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9434-x     Document Type: Article

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