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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |