Data from: To quiver or to shiver: increased melanisation benefits thermoregulation, but reduces warning signal efficacy in the wood tiger moth

• Main Authors: Hegna, Robert H., Nokelainen, Ossi, Hegna, Jonathan R., Mappes, Johanna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: adaptation; aposematism; Shiver; North Finland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.45454; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.82c67

Melanin production is often considered costly, yet beneficial for thermoregulation. Studies of variation in melanization and the opposing selective forces that underlie its variability contribute greatly to understanding natural selection. We investigated whether melanization benefits are traded off...