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Roosting ecology and the evolution of pelage markings in bats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Multiple lineages of bats have evolved striking facial and body pelage makings, including spots, stripes and countershading. Although researchers have hypothesized that these markings mainly evolved for crypsis, this idea has never been tested in a ...
Sharlene E Santana +3 more
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Defeating crypsis: detection and learning of camouflage strategies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Camouflage is perhaps the most widespread defence against predators in nature and an active area of interdisciplinary research. Recent work has aimed to understand what camouflage types exist (e.g.
Jolyon Troscianko +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 The Atlantic-Mediterranean marine transition is characterised by strong oceanographic barriers and steep environmental gradients that generally result in connectivity breaks between populations from both basins and may lead to local adaptation.
Carlos Leiva +5 more
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Carotenoid coloration and health status of urban Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 As the world experiences rapid urban expansion, natural landscapes are being transformed into cities at an alarming rate. Consequently, urbanization is identified as one of the biggest environmental challenges of our time, yet we lack a clear ...
Petra Sumasgutner +2 more
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Disruptive Science and Sustainable Leadership for the Future of Colorants
, 2022 Many pigments and dyes are not only valuable molecules in manufacturing, but also pollutants. Science has certainly been producing sustainable alternatives to counter the issue of dyes, but this is not enough. There is also a need for change in the business attitude and leadership approach of the organizations that operate in the industry. Only through
Valentina Lorenzon, Greta Faccio
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Outcomes of brood parasite-host interactions mediated by egg matching: common cuckoos Cuculus canorus versus Fringilla finches. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Antagonistic species often interact via matching of phenotypes, and interactions between brood parasitic common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) and their hosts constitute classic examples.
Johan Reinert Vikan +5 more
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Fixing Flexner: Disrupting and Rebuilding Academic Medicine for Women of Color to Lead
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023 In an effort to address the lack of compositional diversity seen in academic leadership, our generation has an opportunity to rebuild academic medicine in a way that welcomes, values, and supports the development and success of women of color.
Chelsea Dorsey +2 more
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Disruptive Effects of Colorful vs. Non-colorful Play Area on Structured Play—A Pilot Study with Preschoolers [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 To contribute to young children's development, sensory enrichment is often provided via colorful play areas. However, little is known about the effects of colorful environments on children while they engage in age-appropriate tasks and games. Studies in adults suggest that aspects of color can distract attention and impair performance, and children are
Stern-Ellran, Keren +3 more
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Disruptive selection and the evolution of discrete color morphs in Timema stick insects
Science Advances, 2023 A major unresolved issue in biology is why phenotypic and genetic variation is sometimes continuous, yet other times packaged into discrete units of diversity, such as morphs, ecotypes, and species. In theory, ecological discontinuities can impose strong disruptive selection that promotes the evolution of discrete forms, but direct tests ...
Villoutreix, Romain +4 more
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Disruptive Colouration and Perceptual Grouping
PLoS ONE, 2014 Camouflage is the primary defence of many animals and includes multiple strategies that interfere with figure-ground segmentation and object recognition. While matching background colours and textures is widespread and conceptually straightforward, less well explored are the optical 'tricks', collectively called disruptive colouration, that exploit ...
Espinosa Gonzalez-Garza, Irene +1 more
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