Beyond thermal melanism: association of wing melanization with fitness and flight behaviour in a butterfly
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.07.015
Abstract: Cold developmental conditions can greatly affect adult life history of ectotherms in seasonal habitats. Such effects are mostly negative, but sometimes adaptive. Here, we tested how cold conditions experienced during pupal development affect adult wing… read more here.
Keywords: butterfly; wing melanization; flight; melanization ... See more keywords