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Fireflies thwart bat attack with multisensory warnings
Many defended animals prevent attacks by displaying warning signals that are highly conspicuous to their predators. We hypothesized that bioluminescing fireflies, widely known for their vibrant courtship signals, also advertise their noxiousness to echolocating bats. To test this postulate, we pit n...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6105302/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30140743 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aat6601 |