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Relative importance of different coloration, smell and shape in the predation of wasps : field experiments on hunting dragonflies (Odonata: Aeshna gr…
2002
Predator response to the coloured eyespots and defensive posture of Colombian four‐eyed frogs
2023
Deimatic displays, where sudden changes in prey appearance elicit aversive predator reactions, have been suggested to occur in many taxa. These (often only putative) displays frequently involve different components that may also serve antipredator functions via other mechanisms (e.g., mimicry, warning signalling, body inflation). The Colombian four-eyed frog, Pleurodema brachyops, has been suggested to gain protection against predation through putative deimatic displays where they inflate and elevate the posterior part of their body revealing eye-like colour markings. We exposed stationary artificial frogs to wild predators to test whether the two components (eyespot/colour markings, defens…
Seeing red? Colour biases of foraging birds are context dependent.
2020
Funder: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003125