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SUMMARY:Dr. John Skelhorn
DESCRIPTION:Why are some masqueraders more perfect than others?



Dr. John Skelhorn - University of Newcastle, UK



Masquerading prey species resemble inedible objects found in their local environment, such as twigs, stones and bird droppings. My recent work shows that predators misclassify masquearding prey as the inedible objects that they resemble. However, the degree to which masquearding species resemble inedible objects varies among species, with some species resembling their inedible models more closely than others. In this talk I will discuss a series of experiments investigating why some species of twig mimicking caterpillars resemble twigs more accurately than others, and how this in turn influences their behaviour.







Biology Departmental Seminar



Everyone welcome



Wednesday, September 18th



at 3:30 pm in CTTC 4440 Q



meet Dr. John Skelhorn



coffee and tea from 3:00 pm
LOCATION:4440Q Carleton Technology and Training Centre, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
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