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Benefits of zebra stripes: Behaviour of tabanid flies around zebras and horses

Averting attack by biting flies is increasingly regarded as the evolutionary driver of zebra stripes, although the precise mechanism by which stripes ameliorate attack by ectoparasites is unknown. We examined the behaviour of tabanids (horse flies) in the vicinity of captive plains zebras and unifor...

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Autores principales: Caro, Tim, Argueta, Yvette, Briolat, Emmanuelle Sophie, Bruggink, Joren, Kasprowsky, Maurice, Lake, Jai, Mitchell, Matthew J., Richardson, Sarah, How, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6382098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30785882
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210831