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Climate change is affecting mortality of weasels due to camouflage mismatch

Direct phenological mismatch caused by climate change can occur in mammals that moult seasonally. Two colour morphs of the weasel Mustela nivalis (M. n.) occur sympatrically in Białowieża Forest (NE Poland) and differ in their winter pelage colour: white in M. n. nivalis and brown in M. n. vulgaris....

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Autores principales: Atmeh, Kamal, Andruszkiewicz, Anna, Zub, Karol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5967304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29795400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26057-5