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The unresolved ecological and evolutionary role of fungal fruit body coloration
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Fruit body-forming fungi are hyperdiverse and of central importance for the functioning of ecosystems worldwide. They provide habitat and resources for other organisms and perform critical roles in carbon and nutrient cycling. Like in animals and plants,
Franz-Sebastian Krah +1 more
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Aposematism and the Handicap Principle [PDF]
The American Naturalist, 2012 Aposematic prey use conspicuous warning signals to advertise their defenses to predators. It has long been recognized that the efficiency of a warning signal may be reduced if poorly defended prey (automimics) are present in the population. The handicap principle suggests that the use of warning signals by poorly defended prey may be kept in check if ...
Holen, Øistein Haugsten +1 more
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Signal honesty and predation risk among a closely related group of aposematic species. [PDF]
, 2015 This is the final version of the article. It first appeared from NPG via http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11021Many animals have bright colours to warn predators that they have defences and are not worth attacking.
María Arenas, Lina +2 more
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Unripe red fruits may be aposematic [PDF]
Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2009 The unripe fruits of certain species are red. Some of these species disperse their seeds by wind (Nerium oleander, Anabasis articulata), others by adhering to animals with their spines (Emex spinosa) or prickles (Hedysarum spinosissimum). Certainly neither type uses red coloration as advertisement to attract the seed dispersing agents.
Simcha, Lev-Yadun +2 more
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Conspicuousness and toxicity of Coccinellidae: An aposematic review [PDF]
Arthropods, 2020 Coccinellids (commonly known as ladybirds) mostly exhibit bright clouration and play a vital role in biological control of pests of important crops such as aphids and scale insects.
Muhammad Aslam
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Multimodal Aposematic Defenses Through the Predation Sequence
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Aposematic organisms warn predators of their unprofitability using a combination of defenses, including visual warning signals, startling sounds, noxious odors, or aversive tastes.
Anne E. Winters +6 more
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Learning about aposematic prey [PDF]
Behavioral Ecology, 2016 The question, "Why should prey advertise their presence to predators using warning coloration?" has been asked for over 150 years. It is now widely acknowledged that defended prey use conspicuous or distinctive colors to advertise their toxicity to would-be predators: a defensive strategy known as aposematism.
John Skelhorn +2 more
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Social transmission of avoidance among predators facilitates the spread of novel prey [PDF]
, 2017 Warning signals are an effective defence strategy for aposematic prey, but only if they are recognized by potential predators. If predators must eat prey to associate novel warning signals with unpalatability, how can aposematic prey ever evolve?
Kokko, Hanna +2 more
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Distance-dependent aposematism and camouflage in the cinnabar moth caterpillar (Tyria jacobaeae, Erebidae) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 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 ...
James B. Barnett +2 more
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Do crab spiders perceive Batesian mimicry in hoverflies? [PDF]
, 2016 Many putative Batesian mimics only approximately resemble their supposed models, and such “imperfect” mimics are readily distinguished from defended species by humans and other vertebrates.
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