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Zebras and Biting Flies: Quantitative Analysis of Reflected Light from Zebra Coats in Their Natural Habitat

Experimental and comparative evidence suggests that the striped coats of zebras deter biting fly attack, but the mechanisms by which flies fail to target black-and-white mammals are still opaque. Two hypotheses have been proposed: stripes might serve either to defeat polarotaxis or to obscure the fo...

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Autores principales: Britten, Kenneth H., Thatcher, Timothy D., Caro, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27223616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154504