Evolution of​
Protective Coloration

The goal of the workshops is to demonstrate how warning colours and camouflage function in the wild and how one selection pressure – predation – have resulted evolution of such a wide diversity of defensive strategies on intraspecific and interspecific levels. ​
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More resources and inspiration:
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Books
* Graeme D. Ruxton, William L. Allen, Tom N. Sherratt, and Michael P. Speed: Avoiding Attack: The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Warning Signals and Mimicry. Oxford University Press. 2018.

Videos
Aposematism explained
​Tietää & Rakastaa: Colours as seen by animals (English subtitles)
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