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Tadpoles respond to background colour under threat

Tadpoles respond to background colour under threat

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Tadpoles respond to background colour under threat

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Tadpoles respond to background colour under threat

Publisher

London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Scientific reports, 2018-03, Vol.8 (1), p.4085-8, Article 4085

Language

English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

The ability to respond to background colour is an important feature of species that might benefit from background matching camouflage. Tadpole colour patterns vary and could be associated with several functions, including defense. Because tadpoles are exposed to a wide array of visually oriented predators, they represent good models to study defens...

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Tadpoles respond to background colour under threat

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5840337

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5840337

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ISSN

2045-2322

E-ISSN

2045-2322

DOI

10.1038/s41598-018-22315-8

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