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High detectability costs select weak warning signals in chemically defended gregarious prey.
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- Group Size Dependent Selection for Cooperation Versus Freeloading in Collective Chemical Defence.Ecology letters · 2026Article
- High detectability costs select weak warning signals in chemically defended gregarious prey.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
The evolution of costly chemical defenses in cryptic prey is puzzling, as conspicuousness should be adaptive for defended prey by enhancing predator avoidance learning. Here, we explore three hypotheses that may promote weak visual signal strategies: (1) Low prey conspicuousness is favored in diverse predator communities; (2) Conspicuousness is less critical if color patterns or behavior allow defended prey to be distinguished from cryptic prey; and (3) in gregarious prey species, aggregation itself could act as a deterrent signal. We used chemically defended and gregarious European pine sawfly (
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