IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v483y2012i7390d10.1038_nature10961.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry

Author

Listed:
  • Heather D. Penney

    (Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada)

  • Christopher Hassall

    (Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada)

  • Jeffrey H. Skevington

    (Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada
    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, K1A 0C6, Canada)

  • Kevin R. Abbott

    (Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada)

  • Thomas N. Sherratt

    (Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada)

Abstract

In hoverflies with a small body size, even imperfect Batesian mimicry suffices to limit predation because they are not subject to particularly intense selection.

Suggested Citation

  • Heather D. Penney & Christopher Hassall & Jeffrey H. Skevington & Kevin R. Abbott & Thomas N. Sherratt, 2012. "A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry," Nature, Nature, vol. 483(7390), pages 461-464, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:483:y:2012:i:7390:d:10.1038_nature10961
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10961
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature10961
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nature10961?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Thomas W Pike & Oliver H P Burman, 2023. "Model aversiveness and the evolution of imperfect Batesian mimics," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 34(5), pages 907-912.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:483:y:2012:i:7390:d:10.1038_nature10961. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.