To quiver or to shiver: Increased melanization benefits thermoregulation, but reduces warning signal efficacy in the wood tiger moth

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1755, 2013, Pages

  Hegna, Robert H ^a   Nokelainen, Ossi ^a   Hegna, Jonathan R ^b   Mappes, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Colour; Signal size

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; APOSEMATISM; COLOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MELANIN; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION RISK; SIGNAL; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

ESTONIA; FINLAND;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 84879043365     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2812     Document Type: Article

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