Predator-specific camouflage in chameleons

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Biology Letters

• Publication date

  2008-08-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0173PMID 18492645PMCID PMC2610148
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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