Not all colors are equal: Predation and color polytypism in the aposematic poison frog Oophaga pumilio

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 831-845

  Hegna, Robert H ^a,c   Saporito, Ralph A ^b   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bocas del Toro; Color polymorphism; Conspicuous coloration; Dendrobates pumilio; Dendrobatidae; Honest signaling; Model experiment

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; COLOR MORPH; FROG; HONEST SIGNALING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POLYTYPISM; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIGNAL;

BOCAS DEL TORO; COSTA RICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANURA; DENDROBATES PUMILIO; DENDROBATIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 84881028890     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-012-9605-z     Document Type: Article

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