Caro, T. , Argueta, Y., Briolat, E., Bruggink, J., Kasprowsky, M., Lake, J., Mitchell, M., Richardson, S., & How, M. (2019). Benefits of zebra stripes: behaviour of tabanid flies around zebras and horses. PLoS ONE, 14(2), [e0210831]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210831 Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record License (if available): CC BY Link to published version (if available): 10.1371/journal.pone.0210831 Link to publication record in Explore Bristol Research PDF-document This is the final published version of the article (version of record). It first appeared online via PLoS at DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210831. Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. University of Bristol - Explore Bristol Research General rights This document is made available in accordance with publisher policies. Please cite only the published version using the reference above. Full terms of use are available: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/red/research-policy/pure/user-guides/ebr-terms/ RESEARCH ARTICLE Benefits of zebra stripes: Behaviour of tabanid flies around zebras and horses 1 1 2 3 Tim CaroID *, Yvette Argueta , Emmanuelle Sophie Briolat , Joren Bruggink , 2 4 2 2 Maurice Kasprowsky , Jai Lake , Matthew J. Mitchell , Sarah RichardsonID , 4 Martin HowID 1 Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, 2 Centre for Ecology and Conservation Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, 3 Aeres University of Applied Sciences, Almere, Netherlands, 4 School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom *
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