Adaptive camouflage: what can be learned from the wetting behaviour of the tropical flat bugs Dysodius lunatus and Dysodius magnus

The neotropical flat bug species Dysodius lunatus and Dysodius magnus show a fascinating camouflage principle, as their appearance renders the animal hardly visible on the bark of trees. However, when getting wet due to rain, bark changes its colour and gets darker. In order to keep the camouflage e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hischen, Florian, Reiswich, Vladislav, Kupsch, Desirée, De Mecquenem, Ninon, Riedel, Michael, Himmelsbach, Markus, Weth, Agnes, Heiss, Ernst, Armbruster, Oskar, Heitz, Johannes, Baumgartner, Werner
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28811303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.026070

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576082/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28811303
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.026070

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