Seasonal changes in predator community switch the direction of selection for prey defences

Insect communities consist of aposematic species with efficient warning colours against predation, as well as abundant examples of crypsis. To understand such coexistence, we here report results from a field experiment where relative survival of artificial larvae, varying in conspicuousness, was est...

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Main Authors: Mappes, Johanna, Kokko, Hanna, Ojala, Katja, Lindström, Leena
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199109/