Conspicuous visual signals do not coevolve with increased body size in marine sea slugs

Many taxa use conspicuous colouration to attract mates, signal chemical defences (aposematism) or for thermoregulation. Conspicuousness is a key feature of aposematic signals, and experimental evidence suggests that predators avoid conspicuous prey more readily when they exhibit larger body size and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of evolutionary biology 2014-04, Vol.27 (4), p.676-687
Hauptverfasser: Cheney, K. L, Cortesi, F, How, M. J, Wilson, N. G, Blomberg, S. P, Winters, A. E, Umanzör, S, Marshall, N. J
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