Color polymorphism in a land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Pulmonata: Helicidae) as viewed by potential avian predators

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 533-540

  Surmacki, Adrian ^a   Ożarowska Nowicka, Agata ^a   Rosin, Zuzanna M ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Background matching; Camouflage; Color vision; Crypticity; Frequency dependent selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; COLOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; MATE CHOICE; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAIL;

AVES; CEPAEA NEMORALIS; GASTROPODA; HELICIDAE; PULMONATA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 84879549609     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1049-y     Document Type: Article

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