An edition of Zebra stripes
(2016)
Zebra stripes
by T. M. Caro
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Why do zebras have stripes? Popular explanations range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack.
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Table of Contents
Stripes and equids
Predation and crypsis
Predation and aposematism
Predation and confusion
Ectoparasites
Intraspecific communication
Temperature regulation
Multifactorial analyses
The case for biting flies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-265) and index.
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