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automimicry: a standalone construct

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Entomology

the presence within a defended species of undefended individuals that gain protection because predators cannot tell them apart from defended conspecifics.

In entomology, automimicry refers to the presence within a defended species of undefended individuals that gain protection because predators cannot tell them apart from defended conspecifics. This meaning comes from Brower (1970) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Brower, L. P., Pough, F. H., & Meck, H. R. (1970). Theoretical Investigations of Automimicry, I. Single Trial Learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 66(4), 1059-1066. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.66.4.1059

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