The price of defence: toxins, visual signals and oxidative state in an aposematic butterfly
J. D. Blount, H. M. Rowland, C. Mitchell, M. P. Speed, G. D. Ruxton, J. A. Endler, L. P. Brower
The study examines the relationship between toxin sequestration, oxidative damage, and conspicuousness in male monarch butterflies, finding that oxidative state influences the cost of aposematic signaling.
bioRxiv · Dec 8, 2021Evolutionary Biology