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Olfactory neurons activity and olfactory perception are modulated by anorectic peptides, insulin and leptin
2010
International audience; Cf. www.achems.org/files/public/BookmarkedAbstractsFINAL.pdf
The effect of spatial and temporal scale on camouflage in North African rodents
2022
Abstract Background matching, a common form of camouflage, is a widespread anti-predator adaptation that hinders detection or recognition by increasing the resemblance of prey to its environment. However, the natural environment is complex and both spatially and temporally variable, which constrains effective background matching as an anti-predator strategy. Here, using remote sensing data (publicly available satellite imagery), we investigated how variation of habitat parameters predicts background matching in 16 Sahara–Sahel rodent species across spatial and temporal scales. All fur colour parameters (hue, saturation and brightness) strongly matched the respective habitats of the differen…