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Distance-dependent aposematism and camouflage in the cinnabar moth caterpillar (Tyria jacobaeae, Erebidae)

Defended prey often use distinctive, conspicuous, colours to advertise their unprofitability to potential predators (aposematism). These warning signals are frequently made up of salient, high contrast, stripes which have been hypothesized to increase the speed and accuracy of predator avoidance lea...

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Autores principales: Barnett, James B., Cuthill, Innes C., Scott-Samuel, Nicholas E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5830747/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29515858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171396