Thermal melanism explains macroevolutionary variation of dorsal pigmentation in Eurasian vipers

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 melanistic snakes....

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Autores principales: Martínez-Freiría, Fernando, Toyama, Ken S., Freitas, Inês, Kaliontzopoulou, Antigoni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72871-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7528074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32999337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72871-1

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