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Colour Polymorphism Protects Prey Individuals and Populations Against Predation

Colour pattern polymorphism in animals can influence and be influenced by interactions between predators and prey. However, few studies have examined whether polymorphism is adaptive, and there is no evidence that the co-occurrence of two or more natural prey colour variants can increase survival of...

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Autores principales: Karpestam, Einat, Merilaita, Sami, Forsman, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26902799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22122

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