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Improved camouflage through ontogenetic colour change confers reduced detection risk in shore crabs

1. Animals from many taxa, from snakes and crabs to caterpillars and lobsters, change appearance with age, but the reasons why this occurs are rarely tested. 2. We show the importance that ontogenetic changes in coloration have on the camouflage of the green shore crabs (Carcinus maenas), known for...

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Published in:Funct Ecol
Main Authors: Nokelainen, Ossi, Maynes, Ruth, Mynott, Sara, Price, Natasha, Stevens, Martin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6559319/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31217655
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13280
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