Beetle mechanics site choice in Capnodis tenebrionis - by Henriette J. Khuwayri
Abstract
I have demonstrated that the cryptic beetle Capnodis tenebrionis characteristically rests on a background closely matching its own color. This behavior is matched in the lab so long as the the substrate is rough rather than smooth. Thus texture acts as a
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Thesis (M.S.)--American University of Beirut. Department of Biology, 1986.;"Advisor: David Llevellyn Evans, Associate Professor, Biology -- Members of Committee: Hani Abdul-Nour, D.Sc, Faculty of Biology, Lebanese University Levon Babikian, Professor, Bi
Bibliography: leaves 56-62.
Bibliography: leaves 56-62.