نبذة مختصرة : The red-black mimetic complex in the Western Palaearctic region includes a large number of arthropod species. These species differ in the degree of their mimetic resemblance, as well as in defensive mechanisms and their effectiveness against various predators. This study is based on two experiments. The first experiment was carried out with adult great tits (Parus major) and artificial prey (photographs). The birds were divided into two experimental groups and were trained to discriminate between palatable and unpalatable prey. One group was trained with higher diversity in the coloration of unpalatable prey (ten species of subfamily Lygaeinae), while the other was trained with low diversity in the coloration of palatable prey (ten individuals of the same species, Lygaeus equestris). After ten learning blocks, two generalization blocks followed, in which both groups received the same prey that was completely different from the prey during learning phase. The rate of learning was not significantly different between the two groups. However, more effective generalization was observed in the group trained with higher prey diversity. However, this trend was only observed in the first generalization block. On the second day, both groups achieved similar generalization success. The second experiment was. ; Červeno-černý mimetický komplex v západopalearktické oblasti zahrnuje značné množství druhů členovců. Ty se vzájemně liší mírou podobnosti, úrovní obranných mechanismů a jejich efektivity vůči různým predátorům. Součástí této práce byly dva experimenty. První experiment byl proveden na dospělých sýkorách koňadrách (Parus major) s umělou kořistí ve formě fotografií. Ptáci byli rozděleni do dvou experimentálních skupin, ve kterých se učili rozlišovat mezi jedlou a nejedlou kořistí. Jedna měla vyšší diverzitu ve zbarvení u nejedlé kořisti v průběhu učení (deset druhů podčeledi Lygaeinae), druhá měla nízkou diverzitou ve zbarvení nejedlé kořisti (deset jedinců stejného druhu, Lygaeus equestris). Po deseti blocích učení ...
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