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Morphological and colour morph clines along an altitudinal gradient in the meadow grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus

Many animals show altitudinal clines in size, shape and body colour. Increases in body size and reduction in the length of body appendices in colder habitats are usually attributed to improved heat conservation at lower surface-to-volume ratios (known as Bergmann’s and Allen’s rule, respectively). H...

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Autores principales: Köhler, Günter, Samietz, Jörg, Schielzeth, Holger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5746220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29284051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189815