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ArticleCurrent zoology2026

Birds select for higher mimetic accuracy, but imperfect mimics benefit from chromatic resemblance to their models.

Anita Szabó, Barbora Váňová, Stano Pekár, Alice Exnerová

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Article in Current zoology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Anita SzabóFaculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague 12844, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2706-1535
Barbora VáňováFaculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague 12844, Czech Republic.
Stano PekárFaculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, Brno 61137, Czech Republic.
Alice ExnerováFaculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Charles University, Viničná 7, Prague 12844, Czech Republic.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spiders have a high incidence of ant mimicry, exhibiting morphological, chromatic, and behavioral mimetic traits, but their mimetic accuracy varies greatly across taxa. Passerine birds may potentially select for accurate mimicry, but studies focused on their responses to ant mimics are surprisingly very scarce. In this study, we tested great tits (

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ant mimicryavian predatorsbatesian mimicryimperfect mimicrymimetic accuracy

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PMID42634808
PMCPMC13500164

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