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| Title |
Detection experiments with humans implicate visual predation as a driver of colour polymorphism dynamics in pygmy grasshoppers
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| Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6785-13-17 |
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| Authors |
Einat Karpestam, Sami Merilaita, Anders Forsman |
| Abstract |
Animal colour patterns offer good model systems for studies of biodiversity and evolution of local adaptations. An increasingly popular approach to study the role of selection for camouflage for evolutionary trajectories of animal colour patterns is to present images of prey on paper or computer screens to human 'predators'. Yet, few attempts have been made to confirm that rates of detection by humans can predict patterns of selection and evolutionary modifications of prey colour patterns in nature. In this study, we first analyzed encounters between human 'predators' and images of natural black, grey and striped colour morphs of the polymorphic Tetrix subulata pygmy grasshoppers presented on background images of unburnt, intermediate or completely burnt natural habitats. Next, we compared detection rates with estimates of capture probabilities and survival of free-ranging grasshoppers, and with estimates of relative morph frequencies in natural populations. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Portugal | 1 | 17% |
| Japan | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 51 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 16% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 20% |
| Unknown | 9 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 31 | 61% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 13 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 June 2014.
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