Coevolution of group-living and aposematism in caterpillars: warning colouration may facilitate the evolution from group-living to solitary habits

BACKGROUND: Animals use diverse antipredator mechanisms, including visual signalling of aversive chemical defence (aposematism). However, the initial evolution of aposematism poses the problem that the first aposematic individuals are conspicuous to predators who have not learned the significance of...

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Autores principales: Wang, Lingzi, Cornell, Stephen J., Speed, Michael P., Arbuckle, Kevin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33583398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01738-w

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7883577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33583398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01738-w

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