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The Evolution of Aposematic Coloration
Oikos, 1981Recent work on the evolution of aposematic coloration highlights the need for clear distinctions to be drawn between both the processes involved and the selective forces operating. We define the term aposematic coloration, distinguish between the evolution of distastefulness and the evolution of aposematic coloration, and we consider the conditions ...
Paul H. Harvey, Robert J. Paxton
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Aposematic Sounds in African Moths
Biotropica, 1995(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) In response to tactile stimulation and to ultrasonic pulses such as those of attacking bats, many moths of the family Arctiidae produce ultrasonic clicks. To test the hypothesis that these clicks are aposematic sounds, warning bats of unpalatable prey, African moths of these two families were captured ...
Dunning, Dorothy C., Kruger, Martin
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On Aposematic Coloration: A Rejoinder
Oikos, 1981Fisher, R. A. 1930. The genetical theory of natural selection. Clarendon Press, Oxford. Futuyma, D. J. 1979. Evolutionary biology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass. Hamilton, W. D. 1971. Geometry for the selfish herd. J. Theor. Biol. 31: 295-311. Harvey, P. H., Bull, J. J. and Paxton, R. J. Looks pretty nasty. New Sci. (in press). Pianka, E.
Paul H. Harvey, Robert J. Paxton
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Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1985
Visual and acoustic cues may serve as aposematic signals that warn predators of poisonous foods. Olfactory aposematism, the use of innocuous odors as warning signals for toxic foods, is another possible means of alerting an animal that a potential food item is unpalatable. Although it has been suggested that olfactory aposematism might be the principle
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Visual and acoustic cues may serve as aposematic signals that warn predators of poisonous foods. Olfactory aposematism, the use of innocuous odors as warning signals for toxic foods, is another possible means of alerting an animal that a potential food item is unpalatable. Although it has been suggested that olfactory aposematism might be the principle
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Through aposematic design, I am breaking free from the belief that design should be minimalistic and neutral to appeal to a broader audience. I am beginning to create designs that reflect my own personal aesthetic and bluntness to better align with my work and to also voice my frustration.
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Phytochemical selection of aposematic insects*
Phytochemistry, 1993Abstract Phytochemical selection and the evolution of certain aposematic insects is based on the relationship between plants containing storable toxins and the insects feeding upon them.
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Aposematism and Batesian Mimicry
1988The color patterns of most animals are enormously important to their lives. Colors may serve as intraspecific signals and are sometimes involved in the control of body temperature. Much more often, however, the color pattern helps the animal to escape predation.
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Plant Aposematism Involving Fungi
2016The understanding that plants have mutualistic relationships with various fungi including pathogenic ones is not new. Most suggestions for such relations were based on the chemical defenses provided by endophytic or parasitic fungi (Clay 1990; Bush et al. 1997; Omacinl et al.
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Learning to avoid aposematic prey
Animal Behaviour, 2005The evolution of prey warning coloration is, literally, a textbook example of Darwinian adaptive evolution by natural selection. The cornerstone of this evolutionary process is a predation event, the dynamics of which are poorly understood. Aposematic (warningly coloured) prey are relatively unpalatable and their conspicuous appearance should enable ...
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