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Adaptive aggregation by spider mites under predation risk

Grouping together is a commonly observed anti-predator strategy. Possible anti-predator benefits of aggregation include the encounter/avoidance effect for visually hunting predators and the dilution effect, together dubbed attack abatement. Possible costs opposing the dilution effect are easier dete...

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Autores principales: Dittmann, Lena, Schausberger, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28878255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10819-8