Why Small Is Beautiful: Wing Colour Is Free from Thermoregulatory Constraint in the Small Lycaenid Butterfly, Polyommatus icarus

We examined the roles of wing melanisation, weight, and basking posture in thermoregulation in Polyommatus Icarus, a phenotypically variable and protandrous member of the diverse Polyommatinae (Lycaenidae). Under controlled experimental conditions, approximating to marginal environmental conditions...

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Autores principales: De Keyser, Rien, Breuker, Casper J., Hails, Rosemary S., Dennis, Roger L. H., Shreeve, Tim G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25923738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122623

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25923738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122623

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