Figure 3: Proportion of time (mean percentage ± SE) spent in light (open bars) vs. dark (solid bars) environments by unpigmented and heavily pigmented larval newts subjected to light and dark microhabitat conditions respectively, after five weeks of experiment. | Scientific Reports

Figure 3: Proportion of time (mean percentage ± SE) spent in light (open bars) vs. dark (solid bars) environments by unpigmented and heavily pigmented larval newts subjected to light and dark microhabitat conditions respectively, after five weeks of experiment.

From: Pigmentation plasticity enhances crypsis in larval newts: associated metabolic cost and background choice behaviour

Figure 3

Preferences of the same individual larva are tested in the absence and the presence of predator cues. Upper panels: larvae no previously exposed to predator cues. Bottom panels: larvae previously exposed to predator cues. Different letters indicate significant differences between testing predator cue treatments. Asterisks indicate significant preferences (**P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001).

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