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Biomechanical Strategies Underlying the Robust Body Armour of an Aposematic Weevil
Robust body armor is one of many anti-predator strategies used among animal taxa. The exoskeleton of insects can serve as the secondary defense mechanism in combination with the primary defense such as warning color. Aposematic Pachyrhynchus weevils advertise their unprofitability and use their robu...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189447/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30356766 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01410 |