Thermal melanism explains macroevolutionary variation of dorsal pigmentation in Eurasian vipers

Abstract Colouration may endorse thermoregulatory and antipredatory functions in snakes. The thermal melanism hypothesis predicts that dark-coloured individuals are ecologically favoured in cool climates. However, the loss of aposematic and cryptic colourations may imply high predation for melanisti...

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Auteurs principaux: Fernando Martínez-Freiría, Ken S. Toyama, Inês Freitas, Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/f0a24b2822c145fc8811880ca1501b3f
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