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Modality matters for the expression of inducible defenses: introducing a concept of predator modality

BACKGROUND: Inducible defenses are a common and widespread form of phenotypic plasticity. A fundamental factor driving their evolution is an unpredictable and heterogeneous predation pressure. This heterogeneity is often used synonymously to quantitative changes in predation risk, depending on the a...

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Autores principales: Herzog, Quirin, Laforsch, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4225664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24245584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-11-113