Ambient Light Environment and the Evolution of Brightness, Chroma, and Perceived Chromaticity in the Warning Signals of Butterflies
abstract: ABSTRACT 1. Aposematic signals advertise prey distastefulness or metabolic unprofitability to potential predators and have evolved independently in many prey groups over the course of evolutionary history as a means of protection from predation. Most aposematic signals investigated to date...
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Format: | Dissertation |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18076 |