The hard task of a short-tailed mouse opossum (Monodelphis) to prey a harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones)
ABSTRACT Despite the great diversity of small insectivorous mammals and the use of scent gland secretions as a defense mechanism by harvestmen, there is no observation about the effectiveness of scent glands against predators such as small mammals. We report a remarkable harvestman defense mechanism...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Iheringia: Série Zoologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212021000100214&tlng=en |