From cues to signals: Evolution of interspecific communication via aposematism and mimicry in a predator-prey system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Lehmann, Kenna D S ^a   Goldman, Brian W ^a,b   Dworkin, Ian ^a   Bryson, David M ^a   Wagner, Aaron P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS ANIMAL; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ASSOCIATION; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, POISONOUS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CUES; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84897536652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091783     Document Type: Article

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