Is the evolution of innacurate mimicry a result of selection by a suit of predators? A case study using myrmecomorphic spiders

• Authors: PEKÁR Stanislav; JARAB Martin; FROMHAGE Lutz; HERBERSTEIN Marie
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: The American Naturalist
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/660287
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: araneae; mimicry; evolution
• Description: We tested whether inaccurate myrmecomorphic spiders are perceived as their models by two types of predators and whether they can escape from these predators.

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