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- Title
Feedback in Batesian mimetic systems.
- Authors
Kizirian, David; Padial, Jose Manuel; Povelikin, Nicole; Overcast, Isaac; Donnelly, Maureen A; Quitian, Marta; Segall, Marion; Kuhn, Arianna; Campbell, Gwyneth; Saporito, Ralph A
- Abstract
We propose a feedback model for Batesian mimetic trophic system dynamics that integrates evolutionary and ecological processes including those not directly related to mimicry such as nutrient transfer. The proposed feedback circuit includes a previously overlooked link, specifically: selection for predation on the mimetic phenotype, which results when predators consume palatable mimics, and which perpetuates predation on the mimetic phenotype that drives mimicry. Preservation of variation throughout the feedback loop may also explain polymorphism, suboptimal mimicry, and other aspects of mimetic trophic system evolution.
- Subjects
SYSTEM dynamics; PREDATION; AUTOCATALYSIS; PHENOTYPES
- Publication
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023, Vol 139, Issue 3, p326
- ISSN
0024-4066
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/biolinnean/blad020