The evolution of mimicry under constraints

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 598-613

  Holen, Øistein Haugsten ^a   Johnstone, Rufus A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggressive mimicry; Arms race; Batesian mimicry; Evolutionary stable strategy (ESS); Polymorphism; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GAME THEORY; MIMICRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GAME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 8744293842     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424972     Document Type: Article

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