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Phylogeny, systematics and evolution of mimicry patterns in Neotropical limenitidine butterflies
Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.The most comprehensive phylogeny for Adelpha reveals that it is not monophyletic, supporting the description of the new genus Adelphina for the alala‐group. The rate of mimicry evolution increases towards the tropics, consistent with the hypothesis of stronger biotic interactions near the equator.
Erika Páez V. +17 more
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Mimics and magnets : The importance of color and ecological facilitation in floral deception [PDF]
, 2008 Plants that lack floral rewards can attract pollinators if they share attractive floral signals with rewarding plants. These deceptive plants should benefit from flowering in close proximity to such rewarding plants, because pollinators are locally ...
Johnson, S D, Peter, C I
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A bee or not a bee: an experimental test of acoustic mimicry by hoverflies [PDF]
, 2016 The degree of similarity between Batesian mimics and their models varies widely and occurs across a range of sensory modalities. We use three complementary experimental paradigms to investigate acoustic mimicry in hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) which ...
Betz +7 more
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Analysis of reinforcement learning strategies for predation in a mimic-model prey environment [PDF]
, 2005 In this paper we propose a mathematical learning model for a stochastic automaton simulating the behaviour of a predator operating in a random environment occupied by two types of prey: palatable mimics and unpalatable models.
Tsoularis, A., Wallace, J.
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Interspecific visual signalling in animals and plants: a functional classification [PDF]
, 2017 Organisms frequently gain advantages when they engage in signalling with individuals of other species. Here we provide a functionally structured framework of the great variety of interspecific visual signals seen in nature, then describe the different ...
Allen, William L., Caro, Tim
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White‐tailed Deer Signpost Photoluminescence
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 12, December 2025.White‐tailed deer (Odocoileus verginianus) signposts exhibit photoluminescence under crepuscular conditions. The photoluminescence is visible to deer based on previously described deer visual physiology. Here we provide a quantitative description of signpost photoluminescence and discuss our findings relative to previously published criteria for the ...
Daniel R. DeRose‐Broeckert +3 more
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2014 Wing reduction is well known in the cyclostome lineage of Braconidae, but very unusual in non-cyclostome groups. A new species from New Zealand, Meteorus orocrambivorus, the first micropterous species of the non-cyclostome and cosmopolitan genus Meteorus,
Helmuth Aguirre +3 more
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Coexistence Patterns Between Ants And Spiders In Grassland Habitats [PDF]
, 2014 The ecological importance of both ants and spiders is well known, as well as the relationship between certain spiders and ants. The two main strategies ˗ myrmecomorphy (ant-mimicking) and myrmecophagy (ant-eating) ˗ that connect spiders to ants have been
Rákóczi, András Márton, Samu, Ferenc
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Mimicry and masquerade from the avian visual perspective
Current Zoology, 2012 Several of the most celebrated examples of visual mimicry, like mimetic eggs laid by avian brood parasites and palatable insects mimicking distasteful ones, involve signals directed at the eyes of birds.
Mary Caswell STODDARD
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On the success of a swindle: pollination by deception in orchids [PDF]
, 2018 A standing enigma in pollination ecology is the evolution of pollinator attraction without offering reward in about one third of all orchid species. Here I review concepts of pollination by deception, and in particular recent findings in the pollination ...
Schiestl, Florian
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