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Choose Your Weapon: Defensive Behavior Is Associated with Morphology and Performance in Scorpions
Morphology can be adaptive through its effect on performance of an organism. The effect of performance may, however, be modulated by behavior; an organism may choose a behavioral option that does not fully utilize its maximum performance. Behavior may therefore be decoupled from morphology and perfo...
Autores principales: | van der Meijden, Arie, Lobo Coelho, Pedro, Sousa, Pedro, Herrel, Anthony |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24236075 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078955 |
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