Thermal consequences of colour and near-infrared reflectance

D Stuart-Fox, E Newton… - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The importance of colour for temperature regulation in animals remains controversial.
Colour can affect an animal's temperature because all else being equal, dark surfaces …

Thermal melanism explains macroevolutionary variation of dorsal pigmentation in Eurasian vipers

F Martínez-Freiría, KS Toyama, I Freitas… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Colouration may endorse thermoregulatory and antipredatory functions in snakes. The
thermal melanism hypothesis predicts that dark-coloured individuals are ecologically …

Exposure to UV radiance predicts repeated evolution of concealed black skin in birds

MPJ Nicolaï, MD Shawkey, S Porchetta, R Claus… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Plumage is among the most well-studied components of integumentary colouration.
However, plumage conceals most skin in birds, and as a result the presence, evolution and …

Mangrove forests: ecology, management, and threats

PL Biswas, SR Biswas - Life on land, 2020 - Springer
The halophytic plant communities along the tropical and subtropical coastlines are termed
as mangroves (Biswas et al. 2012). Several other terms such as “mangal …

Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations to High Altitude in Tibetan Frogs, Nanorana parkeri

Y Niu, X Zhang, T Xu, X Li, H Zhang, A Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The **zang plateau frog, N. parkeri (Anura: Dicroglossidae), is endemic to the Tibetan
Plateau, ranging from 2,850 to 5,100 m above sea level. The present study explores …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution, relationship, and environmental driving factors of chlorophyll-a and algal cell density: A national view of China

X Nong, L Huang, L Chen, J Wei, R Li - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) and algal cell density (ACD) are vital for assessing algal
proliferation and eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems. Although Chl-a is often used as a …

Large scale phenotypic characterisation of Hierophis viridiflavus (Squamata: Serpentes): climatic and environmental drivers suggest the role of evolutionary …

F Storniolo, M Mangiacotti, MAL Zuffi, S Scali… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Springer
Colour variability is largely widespread in the animal world as it is tightly associated with
fitness and survivorship. Therefore, the drivers and implications of such variability have been …

Why is fruit colour so variable? Phylogenetic analyses reveal relationships between fruit‐colour evolution, biogeography and diversification

L Lu, PW Fritsch, NJ Matzke, H Wang… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Are different fruit colours related to large‐scale patterns of dispersal, distribution and
diversification? Here, we investigate this question for the first time, using phylogenetic …

On the potential role of the neural crest cells in integrating pigmentation into behavioral and physiological syndromes

LM San-Jose, A Roulin - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Melanin pigments color the integument of vertebrates with shades of rufous, gray, and black.
In numerous wild species, melanin-based coloration associates to different behavioral …

Melanin‐based color variation in response to changing climates in snakes

J Goldenberg, K Bisschop, G Bruni… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Melanism, the process of heavier melanin deposition, can interact with climate variation at
both micro and macro scales, ultimately influencing color evolution in organisms. While the …