Spottier Targets Are Less Attractive to Tabanid Flies: On the Tabanid-Repellency of Spotty Fur Patterns

During blood-sucking, female members of the family Tabanidae transmit pathogens of serious diseases and annoy their host animals so strongly that they cannot graze, thus the health of the hosts is drastically reduced. Consequently, a tabanid-resistant coat with appropriate brightness, colour and pat...

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Autores principales: Blaho, Miklos, Egri, Adam, Bahidszki, Lea, Kriska, Gyorgy, Hegedus, Ramon, Åkesson, Susanne, Horvath, Gabor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22876282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041138

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22876282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041138

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