Is the pirate really a ghost? evidence for generalized chemical camouflage in an aquatic predator, pirate perch Aphredoderus Sayanus

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 690-699

  Resetarits, William J ^a   Binckley, Christopher A ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Cloaking; Habitat selection; Novel weapon; Ol faction; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SHAPE; CHEMICAL CUE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COLOR MORPH; FROG; HABITAT SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; PERCID; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VISION;

EID: 84876393249     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670016     Document Type: Article

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