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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |