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Attack risk for butterflies changes with eyespot number and size

Butterfly eyespots are known to function in predator deflection and predator intimidation, but it is still unclear what factors cause eyespots to serve one function over the other. Both functions have been demonstrated in different species that varied in eyespot size, eyespot number and wing size, l...

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Autores principales: Ho, Sebastian, Schachat, Sandra R., Piel, William H., Monteiro, Antónia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150614