An ecological study of Batesian mimicry in the British Syrphidae (Diptera)
This thesis is concerned with Batesian mimicry in British Syrphidae (Diptera), and examines the question of whether the ifies gain protection from mimicry. Batesian mimicry is the resemblance of a palatable animal (the mimic) to a distasteful or otherwise protected animal (the model), such that prot...
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University of Central Lancashire
1998
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264525 |