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Variation in cyanogenic compounds concentration within a Heliconius butterfly community: does mimicry explain everything?
BACKGROUND: Aposematic species advertise their unpalatability using warning signals such as striking coloration. Given that predators need to sample aposematic prey to learn that they are unprofitable, prey with similar warning signals share the cost of predator learning. This reduction in predation...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5160018/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27978820 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0843-5 |