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Gray plumage color is more cryptic than brown in snowy landscapes in a resident color polymorphic bird

Camouflage may promote fitness of given phenotypes in different environments. The tawny owl (Strix aluco) is a color polymorphic species with a gray and brown morph resident in the Western Palearctic. A strong selection pressure against the brown morph during snowy and cold winters has been document...

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Autores principales: Koskenpato, Katja, Lehikoinen, Aleksi, Lindstedt, Carita, Karell, Patrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7042677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32128114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5914