To quiver or to shiver: increased melanization benefits thermoregulation, but reduces warning signal efficacy in the wood tiger moth
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...
Published in: | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2013
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3574392 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23363631 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2812 |