Moth wing scales slightly increase the absorbance of bat echolocation calls.

Moth wing scales slightly increase the absorbance of bat echolocation calls.

Coevolutionary arms races between predators and prey can lead to a diverse range of foraging and defense strategies, such as countermeasures between nocturnal insects and echolocating bats. Here, we show how the fine structure of wing scales may help moths by slightly increasing sound absorbance at...

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Main Authors: Jinyao Zeng, Ning Xiang, Lei Jiang, Gareth Jones, Yongmei Zheng, Bingwan Liu, Shuyi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3212535?pdf=render

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