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Temperature and evaporative water loss of leaf-sitting frogs: the role of reflection spectra

The near infrared reflection peak in some frogs has been speculated to be either for enhancing crypticity, or to help them with thermoregulation. The theoretical background for the thermoregulatory processes has been established before, but little consideration has been given to the contribution fro...

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Autores principales: Herrerías-Azcué, Francisco, Blount, Chris, Dickinson, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5200906/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27793832
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.021113