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Spider Movement, UV Reflectance and Size, but Not Spider Crypsis, Affect the Response of Honeybees to Australian Crab Spiders

According to the crypsis hypothesis, the ability of female crab spiders to change body colour and match the colour of flowers has been selected because flower visitors are less likely to detect spiders that match the colour of the flowers used as hunting platform. However, recent findings suggest th...

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Autores principales: Llandres, Ana L., Rodríguez-Gironés, Miguel A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21359183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017136