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...
Main Author: | Aronsson, Marianne |
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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 |
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