Functional and evolutionary synergy of trait components can explain the existence of leaf masquerade in katydids

• J. Benito Wainwright ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jbw21@st-andrews.ac.uk

  Affiliations Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancón, Panamá City, Republic of Panamá

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3689-1725

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• Charlotte E. J. Rolfe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Graeme D. Ruxton,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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• Nathan W. Bailey

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom

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