An ambusher's arsenal: chemical crypsis in the puff adder (Bitis arietans)

Ambush foragers use a hunting strategy that places them at risk of predation by both visual and olfaction-oriented predators. Resulting selective pressures have driven the evolution of impressive visual crypsis in many ambushing species, and may have led to the development of chemical crypsis. Howev...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2015-12, Vol.282 (1821), p.1-8
Hauptverfasser:	Miller, Ashadee Kay, Maritz, Bryan, McKay, Shannon, Glaudas, Xavier, Alexander, Graham J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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