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Decoupling vigour and quality in the autumn colours game: weak individuals can signal, cheating can pay
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According to the coevolution theory, autumn colours are a warning signal to insects, signalling the level of chemical defences or availability of nutrients. Because in the original model tree vigour and defences were positively correlated, it is not clear whether signalling would still be stable when they are decoupled, and the fact that weak trees often display bright autumn colours is usually presented as evidence against the coevolution theory. I show that in a theoretical model of insect-...
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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Theoretical Biology Journal website
- Volume:
- 256
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 479-484
- Publication date:
- 2009-02-01
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- ISSN:
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0022-5193
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- English
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- ora:3413
- Deposit date:
- 2010-02-25
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- Copyright date:
- 2008
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