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dc.contributor.authorNielsen, Matthew E.
dc.contributor.authorMappes, Johanna
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-09T03:59:44Z
dc.date.available2020-06-09T03:59:44Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationNielsen, M. E., & Mappes, J. (2020). Out in the open : behavior’s effect on predation risk and thermoregulation by aposematic caterpillars. <i>Behavioral Ecology</i>, <i>31</i>(4), 1031-1039. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa048" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araa048</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_35866302
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/69783
dc.description.abstractWarning coloration should be under strong stabilizing selection but often displays considerable intraspecific variation. Opposing selection on color by predators and temperature is one potential explanation for this seeming paradox. Despite the importance of behavior for both predator avoidance and thermoregulation, its role in mediating selection by predators and temperature on warning coloration has received little attention. Wood tiger moth caterpillars, Arctia plantaginis, have aposematic coloration, an orange patch on the black body. The size of the orange patch varies considerably: individuals with larger patches are safer from predators, but having a small patch is beneficial in cool environments. We investigated microhabitat preference by these caterpillars and how it interacted with their coloration. We expected caterpillar behavior to reflect a balance between spending time exposed to maximize basking and spending time concealed to avoid detection by predators. Instead, we found that caterpillars preferred exposed locations regardless of their coloration. Whether caterpillars were exposed or concealed had a strong effect on both temperature and predation risk, but caterpillars in exposed locations were both much warmer and less likely to be attacked by a bird predator (great tits, Parus major). This shared optimum may explain why we observed so little variation in caterpillar behavior and demonstrates the important effects of behavior on multiple functions of coloration.en
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBehavioral Ecology
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.subject.otheraposematism
dc.subject.otherArctia plantaginis
dc.subject.othercolor
dc.subject.othermicrohabitat preference
dc.subject.otherParus major
dc.subject.otherthermoregulation
dc.titleOut in the open : behavior’s effect on predation risk and thermoregulation by aposematic caterpillars
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-202006094040
dc.contributor.laitosBio- ja ympäristötieteiden laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Biological and Environmental Scienceen
dc.contributor.oppiaineEkologia ja evoluutiobiologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineEvoluutiotutkimus (huippuyksikkö)fi
dc.contributor.oppiaineEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen
dc.contributor.oppiaineCentre of Excellence in Evolutionary Researchen
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dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange1031-1039
dc.relation.issn1045-2249
dc.relation.numberinseries4
dc.relation.volume31
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© The Authors 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
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dc.subject.ysotäpläsiilikäs
dc.subject.ysolämmönsäätely
dc.subject.ysosaalistus
dc.subject.ysovaroitusväri
dc.subject.ysoeläinten käyttäytyminen
dc.subject.ysotalitiainen
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dc.rights.urlhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.1093/beheco/araa048
jyx.fundinginformationThe work was supported by a Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide supplement to National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (award number DGE-1143953) and the Academy of Finland (grant # 293513).
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