Colour patterns in warning displays
In aposematism a prey species use bright colours, often combined with a black contrasting pattern, to signal unprofitability as prey to potential predators. Although there are several different hypotheses about the presence of these internally contrasting patterns, there is little experimental evide...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Stockholms universitet, Zoologiska institutionen
2012
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-75576 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7447-490-9 |