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How spiders practice aggressive and Batesian mimicry

Current Zoology, 2012
To understand communication, the interests of the sender and the receiver/s of signals should be considered separately. When our goal is to understand the adaptive significance of specific responses to specific signals by the receiver, questions about ...
Ximena J. NELSON, Robert R. JACKSON
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The almost invisible league: crypsis and association between minute fishes and shrimps as a possible defence against visually hunting predators

Neotropical Ichthyology
Camouflage is one of the most widespread defence modes used by substrate-dwelling animals, whereas transparency is generally found in open-water organisms. Both these defence types are regarded as effective against visually guided predators.
Lucélia Nobre Carvalho, Jansen Zuanon, Ivan Sazima   +2 more
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Colors and Some Morphological Traits as Defensive Mechanisms in Anurans

International Journal of Zoology, 2009
Anurans may be brightly colored or completely cryptic. Generally, in the former situation, we are dealing with aposematism, and the latter is an example of camouflage.
Luís Felipe Toledo, Célio F. B. Haddad
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Competition and the evolution of imperfect mimicry

Current Zoology, 2012
Mimicry is widely used to exemplify natural selection’s power in promoting adaptation. Nonetheless, it has become increasingly clear that mimicry is frequently imprecise.
David W. PFENNIG, David W. KIKUCHI
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Phenotypic similarity between fruits of Gevuina avellana (Proteaceae) and wasp-induced galls of Nothofagus dombeyi (Nothofagaceae) does not protect fruits from predation by rodents

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2018
Fruits of Gevuina avellana (Proteaceae) seem to mimic wasp-induced galls of Nothofagus dombeyi (Nothofagaceae) to escape predation by rodents, which may change both spatially and temporarily.
Gabriela A.E. López-Colin, Carlos E. Valdivia, Carlos Morales-Paredes, Soraya Sade, Jaime R. Rau   +4 more
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Citizen Science helps to clarify phenotypic variation within and between two subspecies of Natrix helvetica (Squamata: Natricidae) [PDF]

Vertebrate Zoology
We examined whether phenotypic differences exist within and between two genetically delimited subspecies of the barred grass snake (Natrix helvetica helvetica and N. h.
Uwe Fritz, Edoardo Razzetti, Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola   +2 more
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Functional unit of supergene in female-limited Batesian mimicry of Papilio polytes. [PDF]

Genetics, 2023
Komata S, Yoda S, KonDo Y, Shinozaki S, Tamai K, Fujiwara H.   +5 more
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The Impact of Detoxification Costs and Predation Risk on Foraging: Implications for Mimicry Dynamics.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Prey often evolve defences to deter predators, such as noxious chemicals including toxins. Toxic species often advertise their defence to potential predators by distinctive sensory signals.
Christina G Halpin, John Skelhorn, Candy Rowe, Graeme D Ruxton, Andrew D Higginson   +4 more
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The banded colour patterns of sea snakes discourage attack by predatory fishes, enabling Batesian mimicry by harmless species. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2022
Goiran C, Shine T, Shine R.
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A brief observation of morphological and behavioral similarities between the Ichneumonidae wasp Cryptanura sp. and its presumed mimic, Holymenia clavigera (Heteroptera: Coreidae), in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Some insects use wasps as a model to mimic and previous studies showed cases of Batesian mimicry involving this insect group. However, this relation is poorly known between phytophagous bugs, such as coreids, and Cryptinae ichneumonids.
AIA Pereira, GS Andrade, JC Zanuncio, AM Penteado-Dias, JE Serrão   +4 more
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