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dc.contributor.authorPrudic, Kathleen L.
dc.contributor.authorTimmermann, Barbara N.
dc.contributor.authorPapaj, Daniel R.
dc.contributor.authorRitland, David B.
dc.contributor.authorOliver, Jeffrey C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-06T20:57:52Z
dc.date.available2021-01-06T20:57:52Z
dc.date.issued2019-02-18
dc.identifier.citationPrudic, K.L., Timmermann, B.N., Papaj, D.R. et al. Mimicry in viceroy butterflies is dependent on abundance of the model queen butterfly. Commun Biol 2, 68 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0303-zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/31050
dc.descriptionThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.description.abstractMimics should not exist without their models, yet often they do. In the system involving queen and viceroy butterflies, the viceroy is both mimic and co-model depending on the local abundance of the model, the queen. Here, we integrate population surveys, chemical analyses, and predator behavior assays to demonstrate how mimics may persist in locations with low-model abundance. As the queen becomes less locally abundant, the viceroy becomes more chemically defended and unpalatable to predators. However, the observed changes in viceroy chemical defense and palatability are not attributable to differing host plant chemical defense profiles. Our results suggest that mimetic viceroy populations are maintained at localities of low-model abundance through an increase in their toxicity. Sharing the burden of predator education in some places but not others may also lower the fitness cost of warning signals thereby supporting the origin and maintenance of aposematism.en_US
dc.publisherNature Researchen_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2019.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectAnimal behaviouren_US
dc.subjectMimicryen_US
dc.titleMimicry in viceroy butterflies is dependent on abundance of the model queen butterflyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorTimmermann, Barbara N.
kusw.kudepartmentMedicinal Chemistryen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s42003-019-0303-zen_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
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