Colour change and colour phases in Lethrinidae with insights into ecology [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Colour change is used by a wide range of animals. It is used for intra‐ and interspecific communication and crypsis, and can occur on morphological and physiological levels.
Myriam E. Widmann +2 more
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Explanation of the Colour Change in Alexandrites. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Alexandrites are remarkable and rare gemstones. They display an extraordinary colour change according to the ambient lighting, from emerald green in daylight to ruby red in incandescent light from tungsten lamps or candles.
Xie F +9 more
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Colour change of twig-mimicking peppered moth larvae is a continuous reaction norm that increases camouflage against avian predators [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Camouflage, and in particular background-matching, is one of the most common anti-predator strategies observed in nature. Animals can improve their match to the colour/pattern of their surroundings through background selection, and/or by plastic colour ...
Amy Eacock +3 more
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The miR156/SPL12 module orchestrates fruit colour change through directly regulating ethylene production pathway in blueberry. [PDF]
Plant Biotechnol J, 2023 Summary Colour change is an important event during fruit ripening in blueberry. It is well known that miR156/SPLs act as regulatory modules mediating anthocyanin biosynthesis and ethylene plays critical roles during colour change, but the intrinsic ...
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Testing multiple hypotheses on the colour change of treefrogs in response to various external conditions [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Amphibians are famous for their ability to change colours. And a considerable number of studies have investigated the internal and external factors that affect the expression of this phenotypic plasticity.
Chohee Park +6 more
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The extent of rapid colour change in male agamid lizards is unrelated to overall sexual dichromatism [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Dynamic colour change is widespread in ectothermic animals, but has primarily been studied in the context of background matching. For most species, we lack quantitative data on the extent of colour change across different contexts.
Anuradha Batabyal +6 more
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Current evidence of climate-driven colour change in insects and its impact on sexual signals. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThe colours of insects function in intraspecific communication such as sexual signalling, interspecific communication such as protection from predators, and in physiological processes, such as thermoregulation.
Haque MT, Khan MK, Herberstein ME.
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Dynamic colour change as a signalling tool in bluelined goatfish (Upeneicthtys lineatus) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Many animal species can rapidly change their body colouration and patterning, but often the ecological drivers of such changes are unknown. Here, we explored dynamic colour change in the bluelined goatfish, Upeneichthys lineatus, a temperate marine ...
Louise Tosetto +2 more
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Colour change and behavioural choice facilitate chameleon prawn camouflage against different seaweed backgrounds. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2019 Camouflage is driven by matching the visual environment, yet natural habitats are rarely uniform and comprise many backgrounds. Therefore, species often exhibit adaptive traits to maintain crypsis, including colour change and behavioural choice of ...
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Improved camouflage through ontogenetic colour change confers reduced detection risk in shore crabs. [PDF]
Funct Ecol, 2019 Animals from many taxa, from snakes and crabs to caterpillars and lobsters, change appearance with age, but the reasons why this occurs are rarely tested.
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