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Morphological Defense Evolution

Morphological Defense Evolution is a theoretical construct in evolutionary biology that explains the adaptive development of physical traits in prey species as a direct response to selective pressures exerted by predators, distinguishing it from behavioral or biochemical defense mechanisms by focusing exclusively on structural changes that enhance survival.

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177

The Evolution of Animal Weapons

Douglas J. Emlen · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2008 · 757 citations

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The Evolution of Horn-Like Organs

Valerius Geist · Behaviour · 1966 · 436 citations

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Trait compensation and cospecialization in a freshwater snail: size, shape and antipredator behaviour

Thomas J. DeWitt, Andrew Sih, Jeffrey A. Hucko · Animal Behaviour · 1999 · 306 citations

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THE COSTS OF AN INDUCIBLE DEFENSE IN ANURAN LARVAE

Josh Van Buskirk · Ecology · 2000 · 219 citations

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Genetic correlations between morphology and antipredator behaviour in natural populations of the garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides

Edmund D. Brodie · Nature · 1989 · 214 citations

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Authors

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  1. TN
    Thomas N. Sherratt

    Carleton University, Canada

    5 publications · 301 citations

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  2. JV
    Josh Van Buskirk

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    5 publications · 594 citations

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  3. TS
    Theodore Stankowich

    California State University, Long Beach, United States

    4 publications · 243 citations

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  4. CB
    Christer Brönmark

    Lund University, Sweden

    5 publications · 488 citations

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  5. CL
    Christian Laforsch

    University of Bayreuth, Germany

    4 publications · 273 citations

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Institutions

280

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    600 citations

  2. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    505 citations

  3. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    489 citations

  4. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    297 citations

  5. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    673 citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    576 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    514 citations

  8. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    406 citations

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  2. Evolution

    12 publications · 796 citations

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  3. Ecology

    8 publications · 817 citations

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  4. Oikos

    6 publications · 377 citations

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  5. PLoS ONE

    5 publications · 202 citations

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