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Eyespot display in the peacock butterfly triggers antipredator behaviors in naïve adult fowl

Large conspicuous eyespots have evolved in multiple taxa and presumably function to thwart predator attacks. Traditionally, large eyespots were thought to discourage predator attacks because they mimicked eyes of the predators’ own predators. However, this idea is controversial and the intimidating...

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Autores principales: Olofsson, Martin, Løvlie, Hanne, Tibblin, Jessika, Jakobsson, Sven, Wiklund, Christer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23243378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/ars167