Function and underlying mechanisms of seasonal colour moulting in mammals and birds: what keeps them changing in a warming world?

Animals that occupy temperate and polar regions have specialized traits that help them survive in harsh, highly seasonal environments. One particularly important adaptation is seasonal coat colour (SCC) moulting. Over 20 species of birds and mammals distributed across the northern hemisphere undergo...

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Main Author: Marketa Zimova (author)
Other Authors: Klaus Hackländer (author), Jeffrey M. Good (author), José Melo-Ferreira (author), Paulo C. Alves (author), L. Scott Mills (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/118423
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/118423