Signals, cues and the nature of mimicry

Carrion flowers

(2016) Steven D. Johnson   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mimicry for all modalities

(2016) Anastasia H. Dalziell et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Mimicry and masquerade from the avian visual perspective

(2016) Mary Caswell Stoddard   Current Zoology

Predatory pollinator deception: Does the orchid mantis resemble a model species?

(2016) J.C. O’Hanlon et al.   Current Zoology

North American velvet ants form one of the world’s largest known Müllerian mimicry complexes

(2015) Joseph S. Wilson et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Faecal mimicry by seeds ensures dispersal by dung beetles

(2015) Jeremy J. Midgley et al.   Nature Plants

Avian vocal mimicry: a unified conceptual framework

(2015) Anastasia H. Dalziell et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Heterospecific female mimicry inFicedulaflycatchers

(2014) S. Calhim et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Risky Ripples Allow Bats and Frogs to Eavesdrop on a Multisensory Sexual Display

(2014) W. Halfwerk et al.   SCIENCE

Deception by Flexible Alarm Mimicry in an African Bird

(2014) T. P. Flower et al.   SCIENCE

Pattern recognition algorithm reveals how birds evolve individual egg pattern signatures

(2014) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   Nature Communications

Perspectives and Debates: Mimicry, Signalling and Co-Evolution (Commentary on Wolfgang Wickler - Understanding Mimicry - With special reference to vocal mimicry)

(2013) Tomáš Grim   ETHOLOGY

TOWARD AN EVOLUTIONARY DEFINITION OF CHEATING

(2013) Melanie Ghoul et al.   EVOLUTION

Ant mimicry in the spiderMyrmecotypus iguazu(Araneae: Corinnidae), with notes about myrmecomorphy in spiders

(2013) Gonzalo D. Rubio et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Host-Parasite Arms Races and Rapid Changes in Bird Egg Appearance

(2012) Claire N. Spottiswoode et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Fooling the experts: accurate vocal mimicry in the song of the superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae

(2012) Anastasia H. Dalziell et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry

(2012) Heather D. Penney et al.   NATURE

Flower colour adaptation in a mimetic orchid

(2012) E. Newman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Imperfectly camouflaged avian eggs: artefact or adaptation?

(2011) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   Avian Biology Research

A parasite in wolf's clothing: hawk mimicry reduces mobbing of cuckoos by hosts

(2011) Justin A. Welbergen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Cuckoos versus hosts in insects and birds: adaptations, counter-adaptations and outcomes

(2011) Rebecca M. Kilner et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

How to evade a coevolving brood parasite: egg discrimination versus egg variability as host defences

(2011) C. N. Spottiswoode et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Floral Mimicry Enhances Pollen Export: The Evolution of Pollination by Sexual Deceit Outside of the Orchidaceae

(2010) Allan G. Ellis et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Rattlesnake Rattles and Burrowing Owl Hisses: A Case of Acoustic Batesian Mimicry

(2010) Matthew P. Rowe et al.   ETHOLOGY

Context-dependent misclassification of masquerading prey

(2010) John Skelhorn et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Müllerian co-mimics

(2010) Markos A. Alexandrou et al.   NATURE

Visual modeling shows that avian host parents use multiple visual cues in rejecting parasitic eggs

(2010) C. N. Spottiswoode et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Assassin bug uses aggressive mimicry to lure spider prey

(2010) A. E. Wignall et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fork-tailed drongos use deceptive mimicked alarm calls to steal food

(2010) T. Flower   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Masquerade: Camouflage Without Crypsis

(2010) J. Skelhorn et al.   SCIENCE

The evolution and ecology of masquerade

(2009) JOHN SKELHORN et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

THE DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION OF BATESIAN MIMICRY INPAPILIOSWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLIES

(2009) Krushnamegh Kunte   EVOLUTION

Deception in plants: mimicry or perceptual exploitation?

(2009) H. Martin Schaefer et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Vocal mimicry in songbirds

(2008) Laura A. Kelley et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

SOCIALLY ACQUIRED HOST-SPECIFIC MIMICRY AND THE EVOLUTION OF HOST RACES IN HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOOCHALCITES BASALIS

(2008) Naomi E. Langmore et al.   EVOLUTION

THE IMITATIVE RANGE OF THE SONG OF THE MARSH WARBLER ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO IMITATIONS OF AFRICAN BIRDS

(2008) FRANÇOISE DOWSETT-LEMAIRE   IBIS

The evolution of Müllerian mimicry

(2008) Thomas N. Sherratt   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN