Function and Underlying Mechanisms of Seasonal Color Molting in Mammals and Birds: What Keeps Them Changing in a Warming World?

    March 2018 in “ Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ”
    Markéta Zímová, Klaus Hackländer, Jeffrey M. Good … L. Scott Mills
    Studysummary This review examines the adaptive value and mechanisms of seasonal coat colour moulting in birds and mammals, highlighting the challenge of camouflage mismatch and the necessity for evolutionary adaptation under climate change.
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