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Mimicry, biosemiotics, and the animal-human binary in Thomas Belt’s The Naturalist in Nicaragua [PDF]
, 2016 No description ...
Abberley, Will
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A computational neuroscience framework for quantifying warning signals
Methods in Ecology and EvolutionAnimal warning signals show remarkable diversity, yet subjectively appear to share certain visual features that make defended prey stand out and look different from more cryptic palatable species.
O. Penacchio +7 more
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Density–dependent aposematism in the desert locust
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 2000 The ecological processes underlying locust swarm formation are poorly understood. Locust species exhibit phenotypic plasticity in numerous morphological, physiological and behavioural traits as their population density increases. These density-dependent changes are commonly assumed to be adaptations for migration under heterogeneous environmental ...
G A, Sword +3 more
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Honest signalling in predator–prey interactions: Testing the resource allocation hypothesis
Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 10, Page 2833-2848, October 2025.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Warning signals are honest if they reliably deliver information about prey unprofitability to predators. One potential mechanism that may create and maintain a positive relationship between the strength of signals and defence is the resource allocation between these ...
Emily Burdfield‐Steel +5 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 After decades of near‐complete extirpation, the yellow‐and‐black‐striped Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree) is being reintroduced into field enclosures that exclude all but avian predators.
Kate D. L. Umbers +5 more
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Visual contrast and color in rapid learning of novel patterns by chicks [PDF]
, 2013 Biological communication signals often combine bright and dark colors, such as yellow and black, but it is unclear why such patterns are effective.
Aronsson +28 more
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A hypothesis to explain accuracy of wasp resemblances [PDF]
, 2016 Mimicry is one of the oldest concepts in biology, but it still presents many puzzles and continues to be widely debated. Simulation of wasps with a yellow-black abdominal pattern by other insects (commonly called “wasp mimicry”) is traditionally ...
Boppré, Michael +2 more
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How Do Tiger Moths Jam Bat Sonar? [PDF]
, 2011 The tiger moth Bertholdia trigona is the only animal in nature known to defend itself by jamming the sonar of its predators – bats. In this study we analyzed the three-dimensional flight paths and echolocation behavior of big brown ...
Barber, Jesse R. +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Evolutionary convergence of color pattern in mimetic species is tightly linked with the evolution of chemical defenses. Yet, the evolutionary forces involved in natural variations of chemical defenses in aposematic species are still understudied. Herein,
Ombeline Sculfort +6 more
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